Damsel in Dress or Distress
After studying English literature for 3 years in Delhi University, and staying with people like Saumya Aneja, I had become a loyal preacher of Feminism and Women Liberation. The books I read, the lectures I attended, the teachers I heard and all the brainstorming sessions had all made me look beyond the beliefs which saw [...]
The Wife Beater and the Bystander
- As related by a friend Fighting to stay positive on a day that ends in a sweaty crowd at Andheri station at 9 pm, I was trying to divert my mind from the stickiness of the situation. Changing hair partitions seemed an apt topic. It would take the right amount of visualization that would [...]
Women: the weaker sex, as they call it!
Here’s another day in office. After checking my Outlook mails, I opened the Times of India site, as I always did. We, the slaves of technology, hardly get time to grab a newspaper and even skim through it. So we surrender ourselves to the internet, for a daily update on what’s happening around the world. [...]
I adjust but not fight…???
I was walking down the alley. It was almost past 10 in the night. But not to worry, this is my locality. “Was I asssuring my own self?” I looked back and forth, noone. I continued to walk. A sudden burst of light, I looked up,blinded for a moment. The sound of a bike, I [...]
Mahila Hakkina Mela: The Change Theory
The mrudangam played the beats in perfect rhythm and the rain clouds gathered their might to pour over our Mahila Hakkina Mela towards the end of the day. The journey between Bangalore and Gubbi (where the mela was held) was long and it took us a daily commute of over 4 hours each day to [...]
From a mother’s pen…
Returning home from school at 40 degree temperature in Delhi, I was sure that my mother will be waiting for me with a glass of water and then either some fruit juice or aam panna or water melon juice. She must have cooked my favorite meal for lunch and if not I have all rights [...]
Poem on my Mother
A poem penned by a son for his mom.
Pyaari Maa
Mother’s Day 2011 is almost here! This Day is a great occasion for us to honor and thank the woman who gave us life, continues to give us love and look after us in many ways that she can. This is a very special Mother’s Day for us as we have successfully completed the second [...]
Flashing Yellow @ Flash Mob #2
100 rupees for the t-shirt that you have to wear to be a part of it? Hmmm….okay. Please Mend the Gap came about as a result of anger from a fateful incident in the Delhi Metro and frustration in general with the problem of safety, discrimination and inequality that women in Delhi have to live [...]
Breakthrough presents Khwaab- E- Seher with Hans Raj Hans
Sufi artist, Hans Raj Hans performed for Breakthrough in Lucknow and appealed everyone through ‘shayari’ to ‘ring the bell’ against domestic violence.
