Band …Baaja…Aur Bell Bajao!
Catch the coverage of the hugely successful run of the video van in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Men & Emotions
What I am about to say might infuriate the feminists here. But be patient and stay with me awhile. Sympathy is easy. Empathy is hard. Harder it is to empathise with someone who has suffered from things too atrocious for one’s imagination. Harder still is to empathise with the perpetrator. And it is this that [...]
In Search Of Rays of Hope for Victims of Violence
Domestic abuse is often treated as family skirmish, and its victims are often advised not to seek help outside family. That’s the message I got when I started poking around in search of assistance that is offered to victims of abuse. From doctors to police personnel, anyone in a position to help a domestic violence [...]
Women in Red Corridors
Mahima Singh retraces the roots of her understanding of violence and expresses how the opportunities for women are dismal, perceivably non-existent, in the red corridor regions of the country.
Reflection on the Montreal Massacre
December 6, 1989. Marc Lepine arrives at the Universite de Montreal with a semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife. He kills fourteen women. He is fighting feminism. Lepine entered an engineering classroom and ordered the men and women to separate onto opposite sides of the room. He ordered the men to leave and asked the women if they [...]
YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME? NO CHANCE
“It’s always possible….My attitude is, do as much as I can when I am free. And if I am arrested, I’ll still do as much as I can.”—Aung San Suu Kyi
Sexual Violence – forced pregnancy
The other day I was lazing in the sun with my copy of Times of India and a big cup of tea. I was casually turning the pages and just reading the head lines of the main paper. By the time I reached page no. 20, I was yawning and wanted to close my eyes. [...]
