Women in India: Then and Now

Women are an integral part of every society. As history bears witness, there have been many famous and successful women in our country and all over the world…

A Death Unsung: Female Foeticide in India

As one grows through the difficult experiences of puberty, enjoying the liberty of education, exploring the joys of womanhood, it is nauseating to know that someone will never feel the thrill of dancing in the first shower of rain, never…

Slapping Womanhood

It has been a long and a struggle for us, women, to reach where we have reached today. In times of woman empowerment it is indeed sad and shameful to see some amoral, religiously biased political group of goons physically assault women, that to in public domain. The recent mayhem in Mangalore showed the face of woman exploitation at its very worst…

The Rising of Phoenix: Status of Indian Women

The era was ancient,
The life was magnificent
Women holding a mighty sword,
Had a love affair with the words.
Women were strong,
Walking along,…

Time to support women in sports!

It’s heartening to see Indian women leaving their footprints across all disciplines after coming out of the shackles of conservative Indian society. Be it Sonia Gandhi, Renuka Chaudhary , Sheila Dikshit , Sushma Swaraj on political fronts and the likes of Indira Nooyi…

VAGINAS CAN SPEAK

How many of you can utter the word ‘vagina’?”, only few hands rose up with reluctance. “If we all utter ‘vagina’ in chorus can you utter it?”. There were quite a few vigorous nods but most of them shied away. None of these are…

Women and Politics

“Women Empowerment” is a government slogan. There is a ministry for Women and Child development. There are laws against female foeticide, domestic violence and sexual harassment in the workplace. Determined women are carving their own niche in every field including those which were entirely male dominated till 1947. Despite all this they remain second class

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