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April 2009

April 29, 2009

A 12 year old leads fight against Child Marriage in Bengal

Child Marriage is a curse in India specially for the little girls. They are often...

November 2008

November 23, 2008

Female Body mutilation practices and her Sexuality

A woman's body has been a playground throughout the human history. And still man cannot...

August 2008

August 21, 2008

"Beauty-disadvantaged" women beckoned by Mayor of Aussie mining town

In north-west Queensland state of Australia, the mayor of Mt Isa, John Molony found his...

July 2008

July 25, 2008

A Prostitution Pricing Chart

Of course, humans can also read and write which Monkeys cannot. Humans are more sophisticated...

June 2008

June 10, 2008

Prostitution in an Islamic Republic

Iran has an Islamic regime. The Islamic dress code is enforced and so many other...

January 2008

January 18, 2008

Indian Government to pay parents to raise a girl child!

In India girl child is treated as a curse! Thousands are killed every year. The...

December 2007

December 30, 2007

New Mexico Judge puts 14-yr Rape Victim in Jail!

Its not only those nutty Islamic countries that put rape victims (instead of rapists) in...

December 23, 2007

Women and Islam

This is a very interesting cartoon from IndiaInk.org. The cartoonist is Rahim Baggal Asgari from...

December 22, 2007

Female Infanticide in India

This is one poster (from Amnesty International) that simply got my attention. Very well thought...

December 13, 2007

Gulabi Gang – the power of pink!

Suchitra Krishnamurthi talks about the power of the Pink color.. and provides links to this...

October 2007

October 25, 2007

Rural B-School Empowers Women in India!

In 1990, I went to Insitute of Rural Management, Anand. It was and remains one...

August 2007

August 19, 2007

Girl Education is unIslamic

This guy Anwar Syed writes in Dawn – a Pakistani daily – that a Maulana...

August 16, 2007

Correlation between Women and a Country's Prosperity

One of my close friends - Vish - has written this based on an earlier...

July 2007

July 25, 2007

Epidemic of Rape of Unveiled Women by Muslim Immigrants

There is an "epidemic" of sorts in Europe (and Australia). More and more Muslim men...

July 06, 2007

How a Muslim-turned-Hindu was tortured in Malaysia!

This is a rather bizarre case. A girl in Malaysia born to ethnic Indian Muslim...

April 2007

April 14, 2007

Hinglaj Temple in Pakistan and Bonded Labourers

Hinglaj Mata temple is in Pakistan near Karachi. Here are some devotees. These kids are...

March 2007

March 29, 2007

Indian Supreme Court: Frigidity is tantamount to Mental Cruelty!!

Frigidity is no excuse in a marriage.. your spouse can get divorce from you in...

March 28, 2007

Delhi: The Rape Capital of India!!

These are today's headlines from HT.. Despite the fact that India is probably the only...

February 2007

February 22, 2007

Woman Minister in Pakistan Shot by a Maulvi – his FIFTH woman victim!

When the onus of propriety is put on just one group and the dominant one...

February 20, 2007

Is it tough for Successful and Educated Women to Get Married?

Highly Educated and successful women have been long rumored to have a tough time marrying......

February 11, 2007

Chinese Girls: Their Journey for Freedom

In the second half of the last century, rise of China from an opium eater...

February 10, 2007

"Talibanist" California Cop Gives Lady Driver a "Sticky Ticket"!

After reading this story, I couldn't believe that this happened in the US and in...

January 2007

January 13, 2007

Shortage of Chinese Women to increase to 30 million by 2020.

The coming decade is a good time to be a woman in China! The woman...

January 13, 2007

Oprahs of Smaller Pockets!

Oprah has a school in South Africa. A controversial one given the vanity and flimsiness...

January 09, 2007

"Your Future is So Bright, My Eyes are Burning!" Oprah to South African Orphan Girls…

Oprah Winfrey has started a school in South Africa which is going to educate many...

January 03, 2007

Women Bosses more Likely to Discriminate against Female Employees than Male Bosses!

Women have a tough life - they work hard and are discriminated.. at work and...

October 2006

October 31, 2006

Indian Men make the Best Husbands: Russian Feminist, Indian women up in Arms!

Are Indian men good husbands? Well a Russian feminist thinks so! The praise seems to...

August 2006

August 21, 2006

"Ladies cannot teach Men says Bible!"

Something is wrong with today's America! Christian fundamentalist are bent upon destroying its very fabric...

August 21, 2006

Lesbians from Ahmedabad Unite in Canada!

IT is obvious that things are a changing in the Indian society... and that too...

August 09, 2006

Effects of Date-rape drug Rohypnol

Just got an email with the following information on the date-rape drug called Rohypnol. What...