2015-10-01 10:39
"If and when the innocence of the Talwars gets proven, what we did to them as a country, as a society will also be out. We ruined them. The Talwars lost their reason to live – Aarushi… Read More
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A blog of life in India today and issues that bother ...stuff that needs to change...from the eyes and experiences of an Indian woman
2015-06-28 13:42
The article in today's Indian Express Madras HC judge gives bail to rape accused to ‘mediate’ with victim is shocking. A judge of a Madras High Court actual… Read More
2015-06-10 05:37
The Times of India had recently reported --AHMEDABAD: Apr 7, 2015, 05.45AM IST A 24-year old woman, who is seven months pregnant from rape, has moved Gujarat high court seeking permissi… Read More
2015-03-17 18:30
Book reviewTitle: Rishabhayan: The Story of the First KingAuthor: Acharya MahapragyaTranslator: Sudhamahi RegunathanHarper Element: An imprint of HarperCollins PublishersRishabhaya… Read More
2015-01-01 05:29
My favourite photo of 2014: Women scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation celebrate after successfully putting spacecraft Mangalyaan into the Mars orbit.Loved their… Read More
2014-09-10 15:14
Mary Kom another wonderful Bollywood film. Loved it! Its story line, its character portrayal, the settings...all commendable. Fine acting by Priyanka as five times World Boxing Champio… Read More
2014-08-14 04:22
I cant get over this! We must be really depraved if violence starts to inspire us. I am shocked and very saddened by this fashion shoot. I am giving you the link: http://jezebel.com/indian… Read More
2014-08-12 12:33
Well done! It is great that some Indian men have started voicing that Indian women have it bad because of Indian men! Watch this powerful video: India would be a great place for women if… Read More
2014-07-18 05:38
Number of cancer cases in India predicted to double in next 20 yearsIndia reports about one million new cases of cancer every year. India is on the verge of a cancer epidemic, states a… Read More
2014-04-14 15:32
The recent statements by two Samajwadi Party leaders, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Abu Azmi on rape are a direct slap on the face of the Indian women.The Indian Constitution has given Indian wome… Read More
2014-03-20 15:11
Queen: One of the best Hindi films I have even seen. No melodrama, no dancing around trees, no bizarre clothes, no overdressed painted heroine and best of all a hero who is no hero! The film… Read More
2014-01-27 06:56
15 safety tips for foreign women travellers to India - From a woman who grew up and lives in Delhi, one of the most hostile cities for women Recent cases of rape and harassment of femal… Read More
2013-12-28 05:16
On my blog I have dealt with the warped mindsets of judges in India and other countries while dealing with cases of crime against women. However, I was very happy to note a two–mem… Read More
2013-09-17 08:41
Really glad that the Delhi Bar Council is taking a serious view of the utterances by defence lawyer A P Singh on the 23-year-old victim in the December 16 gangrape case in which she lost her… Read More
2013-08-23 09:16
Another gang rape. This time in Mumbai. Mumbai, as I used to know it way back in the mid-Seventies was a secure place for women. Unlike Delhi, I could stay out late, board a late night… Read More
2013-08-07 10:30
I was very dismayed to read Annu Mukherjee's story in the Hindustan Times today. The young woman had surmounted many hurdles to make a decent life for herself and her brother. The acid attac… Read More
2013-07-24 06:40
The Bihar midday meal tragedy in which over 20 children died after consuming a meal laced with pesticide prepared in their school brings home many well known facts -1. The facilities in majo… Read More
2013-06-28 05:43
A lot has been said about India's politicians and her land mafia and their rapacious greed which stops at nothing. The cloudburst, and the floods and landslides that have followed in Uttarak… Read More
2013-06-19 06:53
A news item in the Times of India:Father kills daughter for refusing to marrySome portions from the news item -KANPUR: A man allegedly killed his 15-year-old girl for refusing to marry a bo… Read More
2013-06-14 08:20
Lover's family burns girl to death in front of panchayatYes, you read it right. The item appeared in Hindustan Times today and I am reproducing it below:A woman was brutally assaulted and he… Read More
2013-06-09 18:04
The life of Preeti Rathi, a young vivacious girl who was on the verge of starting a career as a nurse, was cut short by a man who threw acid on her in Mumbai. She was injured so s… Read More
2013-06-09 06:19
DID LOVE TRIUMPH OR FAIL?A blue sequined dupatta was wound around her face. Only her eyes could be seen. She had collected the medicines from the chemist and was coming down the steps a… Read More
2013-06-06 07:15
This was one of those posts that I began and then gave up midway. It was lying as a 'draft' for months. And for the past few days, ever since Preeti Rathi's case made the headlines, I… Read More
2013-05-28 04:25
Indians settled in the United States have a saying, "If you are lucky you will get an American son-in-law, and if unlucky, you will get an American daughter-in-law!'And in this st… Read More
2013-05-23 16:20
Another heart warming story of India's children. With just a little guidance, this is what they can achieve -A rag picker enters the National Institute of Design and wants to design automobi… Read More
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