mother beyond gender…
This man defines the meaning of motherhood beyond genderhood in this heartfelt poem.
'Marching on a Mission' – A Photo Essay on Delhi Queer Pride Parade 2010
Keeping in with the tradition of IST (Indian Stretched Time), the march started at 4 when it was scheduled for 3 in the Sunday afternoon of 28th November, 2010. Feathery masks, banners, whistles, rainbow flags and scarves and lollipops consoled our punctuality and patience. The march began in great splendour and the aura of excitement [...]
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
“You think you can touch wherever you want.
You think you can get away ,even when you taunt.”
Read the strong sentiments of a poet in her call for social justice for women!
"Killing me softly with his song"
Does a girl have to face fewer challenges than a boy in terms of studies, career and finding a job? Then, why this extra challenge of equipping herself to face another human being?
Regulation of Disabled Women’s Sexuality
In general, women’s voices for their specific rights in the disability rights movement in India are hardly present. Voices of disabled women is almost absent in the mainstream women’s rights movement. The politics of ‘normal’ or ‘able’ bodies and minds is further complicates disabled women’s identity. Societal norms with regard to the ‘ideal’ womanhood and the ‘ideal body’ render physically disabled and mentally challenged women invisible. They become objects to be hidden, never to be seen, heard or felt. Since feminism is a politics of the oppressed against being pushed to the margins, disability, in my view, is a feminist issue. As an oppressed group, disabled women and men face challenges related to educational and training opportunity, inclusion, occupational attainment, economic status, and social outlets. But disabled women face particular issues of reproductive rights; control over their bodies; physical, sexual and emotional violence; and sexual rights and representations, which are considered taboo topics by the disability movement. It is important, therefore, that feminisms in India change towards inclusiveness and support the disabled women in rejecting the traditional subservient and invisible role. There is a need for a new emancipatory politics for the disabled women, which is led by the disabled women from the centre of the Indian women’s movement.
Pre marital sex – Delhi high court calls it rape
I don’t how true this news item is considering the levels to which media is ready to stoop in order to create sensation but if even half of this is true then I don’t know what to say. Where are we heading? Are we going forward or are we going backward by leaps and bounds. [...]
16 days of Activism: Some questions around Moral Panic!
When the famous Bollywood film Khalnayak (Villan, 1993) was released there was an outcry in the nation protesting against the obscenity and vulgarity of the song ‘choli ke peeche’ featuring two women, (Neena Gupta and Madhuri Dixit) singing to each other in erotic banter with a silent male audience. Before the 1990s, women in Hindi [...]
And Now, You May Kick the Bride
Most of us skim over an occasional report in a newspaper or hear it mentioned once in a while on TV, but we don’t know what really goes on in dowry-related cases. Once in a blue moon, a dowry case is highlighted by the media but what with the skin-deep journalism we are accustommed to, [...]
Social Media Buzz: Teenage girls stand by Chris Brown as he apologizes on YouTube
R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, released a public apology to Rihanna and all his fans on the 20th of July saying,”I can only ask and pray that you forgive me.” In the video, Brown told his fans that he was ashamed of his behaviour towards Rihanna, 21.”What I did was unacceptable, 100 per cent. I [...]
Culture Today: Victims of Domestic Violence paint a brighter future
Art and culture are effective media which can be extensively used to create awareness about the issues of domestic violence and thereby reduce the vulnerability of women to succumb to it. An art exhibition titled Re-Drawing Resistance: South Asian Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance hopes to do the same with its fifteen-day programme. The [...]
