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December 2012

December 20, 2012

62 yr old lady accuses courier guy of rape after being caught having sex with him in Mumbai

Rape is a serious crime and it shouldn't be belittled by some just for their...

December 19, 2012

Delhi Gangrape: They inserted a metal rod in her and took it out with such force that her intestines came out. She has none left now!

It is difficult to even imagine the state of this girl. Imagine living her whole...

December 19, 2012

Three Delhi guys in a car make passes at Aaj Tak’s Anjana Kashyap while she reports on Delhi Gangrape case!

Here is a strange and pathetic case in which the Aaj Tak reporter, Anjana Kashyap,...

December 19, 2012

Women can close the Salary Gap if they don’t compete with men

The salary inequality between men and women is well known in the corporate world today. ...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Allahabad High Court equates a Housewife to an Earning Member; What is a Housewife worth?

In a path-breaking judgment, Allahabad High Court has equated a housewife with any other earning...

July 2012

July 17, 2012

How Newslive channel tried to use Guwahati Molestation to raise its TRPs

Media shamefully in India goes after the TRPs. News is broadcast as if it is...

July 17, 2012

Guwahati Molestation: Molested and Molesters are Products of Same Sick society

In Guwahati, Assam a young girl, student of class 11th was publicly molested by men...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

Blame the Rape Victim courtesy Delhi Police

In a recent investigation by NDTV and Tehelka into the rapes in Delhi and how...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

Almost 1000 Pakistani women killed for Family’s Honor

What is it about the people of Indian subcontinent, that we still value "Honor" or...

March 09, 2012

Where Mothers are forced to give Opium to their Infants

Yesterday, the world observed International Women's Day. Women are facing many issues over the world,...

March 09, 2012

Infographic of the Day: International Women’s Day

Today is International Women's Day. While many use this day to wish women, but the...

August 2011

August 01, 2011

Indictment of Crime or Resignation by the Justice?

A Kerala High court judge had an interesting observation on the society around him:

July 2011

July 05, 2011

How few Keralite women are changing the future Indian social landscape

India is achanging.

March 2011

March 13, 2011

Padded Bras, Perky Breasts and Islam: Government of Pakistan body protests against padded bras!

Zakir Naik - the very popular Islamic authority and speaker from India - has a...

January 2011

January 21, 2011

Rape – Do You Feel Hot About It?

It is said that the way the women of a particular region, or country, are...

January 15, 2011

How Pakistani Muslim men seduce, rape and convert Sikh, Hindu and White Women in UK

A couple of years back I came across a letter written by a Sikh girl...

November 2010

November 20, 2010

Fall Of The Feminine

A few weeks back I had written a post about how the media has not...

September 2010

September 15, 2010

Sense And Sensibility – Are We Losing It?

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, I was teaching my son about the role of...

September 08, 2010

A Return Which Killed Her – Story Of A Muslim Girl

Her eyes shone with the dangling of her earrings and the tinkle of her anklet,...

September 03, 2010

Can Your Employer Be Your Moral Inspector?!

A conversation with my maid servant made me think about this. Can one person be...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Femininity – The Complexity Of Human Sexuality

I wanted to start writing a series of posts on femininity, being feminine and the...

August 21, 2010

When Indian Muslim Women Questioned Fatwa

Imagine the alleys of an old city in a place like Lucknow, and in a...

June 2010

June 11, 2010

Increasing smoking amongst women in India: #3 in the world

Smoking is a habit that hits directly at a person's basic living system - the...

April 2010

April 28, 2010

When Boobs quaked the world!

A low-cut protest rocked the world this week. The epicenter was the facebook page called...

March 2010

March 02, 2010

Taslima Nasreen: Persona of a Besieged Woman

There is a riot raging in Karnataka because of a Bangladeshi woman - Taslima Nasreen.

January 2010

January 10, 2010

Single Women in India: Fight for Rights

In US and in other Western countries, it is easier for single women - with...

July 2009

July 13, 2009

Girls undergo Virginity test before mass state wedding in MP

If good has to be done, it must be done according to the whims of...

July 12, 2009

First woman Army officer court martialed

Now that the women officers are in the Indian Defense services, it seems they are...

June 2009

June 27, 2009

Woman, Burkha and Sarkozy

A woman walks into a store and sees trousers and short skirts. Decides to buy...

June 03, 2009

What if Women Controlled the World?

What if women ruled the world? Well, world would definitely be very different. If the...