Sati – motivated by love or desperation?
October 14th 2008. For every step we take forward, we seem to take two backwards in this country. What on Earth would possess a woman to jump into her husband’s funeral pyre? Just a few days ago, a 71-year-old woman in Raipur jumped into her husband’s funeral pyre, according to news articles. BR Mandawi, the [...]
Media and Man-Woman relationship
In conversation with Geetali V.M., Mukund S. N., Utpal Chandavar and Manaswini Lata Ravindra; compiled and edited by Manaswini Lata Ravindra A Medium is nothing but a tool to express oneself. Media are of different types. Since ancient times, human beings have been expressing themselves in various ways. Some of these ways have been by [...]
Saatchi and Saatchi
Quite a bit has been done the world over, to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence and the need to address it. From posters, to websites, radio jingles & tv spots – the issue of violence in the domestic space is no longer private. However the issue prevails and we all know that [...]
Solo Mia
I am not sure how widely known it is, but the movie “Solo Mia” (Spain, 2001) highlights the plight of a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. The couple marries, start a family, and the abuse comes abrubtly and without warning. The woman tries to escape, only to be trapped in a cycle that is [...]
BLANK NOISE SPECTATORS SPECIAL
Blank Noise is a public and community arts project that seeks to address the phenomenon of ‘eve teasing’ as street sexual harassment. Since its start in 2003, hundreds of individuals, both men and women, have contributed to building this project. Our volunteers have come from various disciplines – journalists, software engineers, lawyers, amongst others – [...]
Rural Window: Saharanpur watches 'My Brother Nikhil'
Saharanpur, a small town in western Uttar Pradesh, takes three hours to reach by train from Delhi. It is known for its farmland of sugarcane and its market of wooden furniture. The town finishes in a radius 5 kms. The town has a predominantly Muslim population with a few upper caste Hindus.The basic public transport [...]
Homosexuality & widow remarriage are criminal acts, says HC
I believe, The method of selection in the civil services and all other Govt. services should be revised. In my knowledge, if you know the books and the papers by rote and can answer dubious questions that are apparently “witty”, then you cut through to the most prestigious posts in the country. Not to say, [...]
humiliating humanity
The following video contains violently disturbing images and maybe unsuitable for some viewers…
Violence against adolescence
Do you know, as a teenager, folks may find too much domestic violence against themselves, when there is lots of controversies between parents and youth, and lack of interpersonal communication or some adolescence mayn’t be find any kind of violence ,even if it exists. Sometimes communication gaps lead to misunderstandings between adolescence and parents, and [...]
Alice Walker
Alice Walker wrote a wonderful book called “The Color Purple” in 1982. The novel is one of the most brilliant texts on domestic violence you can find. It received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Check this link for more.
