Two stories have erupted in the Indian media over the last month, both to do with young people, love and parental opposition. The first ended in tragedy, with investigation stil continuing into whether Rizwanur Rahman was murdered by his wife’s father (or arranged to have been murdered). Shocking ofcourse was the fact that the West [...]
Theory and Reality
Pamela Slim, of Escape from Cubicle Nation, has this lovely post on Theory versus Reality, and while she talks about it in the context of business, really, it can apply to just about any aspect of life. How often do we get into something with an idealized version of what it would be like, and [...]
The 46th Carnival of Feminists
After a bit of a gap from the last one, the 46th Carnival of Feminists is here, as always, celebrating feminist writing (not necessarily only women’s) from around the world. Hosting the Carnival is lovely, first of all, because it led me to so many blogs that I didn’t know of, previously. I suppose it [...]
Submissions for Carnival
(This is a sticky post and will stay here till the 24th. Regular posting continues below.)
I am going to be hosting the next Carnival of Feminists (Yaaaayyy! I am so thrilled to be doing it). Please therefore do submit posts (either your own or something that you’ve come across) that fits the theme of the [...]
Worshipping the Goddess
Last Sunday was Vijaya Dashami, the tenth day of celebration after the Navaratris. And what exactly do we celeberate? Well, in the South, its the victory of the Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura who was terrorising the world. North Indians may hail Dussehra as the victory of Rama over Ravana, but in the South [...]
Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag : Prostitution & Purity
Is prostitution as justifiable a means of earning one’s income as any other? Or is it the loss of ‘honour’, a loss that can never be reclaimed? I saw the latest Rani Mukherjee-Konkona Sen blockbuster, ‘Lagaa Chunari mein daag’ yesterday, and came away with the impression that it tries to address both possibilities without really [...]
Women, Belonging, Ownership
When I was much younger, I used to enjoy reading Richard Bach. Today I find a lot of his writing too sentimental, pompous and sometimes even naive, but one of his books, The Bridge Across Forever, made a point which I appreciate even more with time. It talks about relationships in which people grow together, [...]
No more Glamourooms
Remember the old Parryware ads which talked about converting your bathrooms into ‘glamourooms’ using Parry’s bathroom fittings? The focus was all shiny surfaces and curved contours, with lowly commodes and wash basins, converted into objects of beauty. Glamourooms was a distinct phrase, something never done before.
More recently, sanitaryware ads in magazines (and sometimes on [...]
I did not ask for it
This blog has been sorely neglected for a week, thanks to some travelling in the hinterland without internet access, and the subsequent catching up at work. Apologies to those of you who commented…
One of the websites I came across recently, via the fantastic F-Word Blog, is this site that’s running a campaign, ‘I did not [...]
