Harini Calamur's Writings
The Moral Brigade has been in rampant form this year. From dress codes in colleges, to angst about virginity (aside: why is there such an issue over such a minor tissue I can never ever fathom ?) From the restriction of employment…
This week has seen the Mumbai High Court give an incomprehensible ruling on Adult Certified films on TV. They have placed the onus on what we get on our Television screens, not on the broadcaster but on the cable operator who brings…
This from the DNA A labourer’s wife has been sold off by his employer because of the former’s inability to repay debt in Gothada village of the district, police said on Friday. Kanwarlal used to work at Karulal’s farm along with his…
Last week Charu had blogged about Neil French talking himself out of a job because he said “Women don’t make it to the top because they don’t deserve to. They’re crap.” and went on to further explain the reason – women are…
When 6 million Jewish people perish in concentration camps, it is called a Holocaust. When 20 million people died in Stalin’s Soviet Union it was called ruthless Communist murder. When PolPot murdered 1.8 million in Cambodia he was a madman. When a…
She strangled her first two babies to death because they were girls, terminated two other pregnancies because the foetuses were female and lost two baby boys to infections acquired in infancy. Married at 18, Ranu, from Rajasthan, is now fiercely protective of…
When she tried to shrug him off, Bhura plunged in his fingers into her eyes gouging out her right eye and wounding the left. This was the story of a nurse raped by a ward boy. The judge asks the victim to…
About 15 months ago -has it only been that long? – i was in Marathwada making a documentary on Self Help Groups set up by destitute women that form the basis of bare foot capitalism. Starting with nothing these women have built…
A rape victim expelled from school for being of ‘loose character’ According to reports, the victim was abducted and raped on August 23. Rejecting the rape theory, school authorities alleged that the girl had loose character and later expelled her. NCW is…
I am getting repetitive on this blog. Every 10 days or so I come across a flurry of articles – bloglines that way is very good – on violence against women. I come across articles almost on a daily basis – but…