Brijesh Nair says American women are more politically ‘conscious’ than Indian women:
If we take 5 Indian men and women each, at least 2 men will be politically conscious but I am sure 4 of the women will never take any interest in understanding the various political issues around them. They hate talking about politics. I [...]
Archive for May 3rd, 2008
Indian women aren’t politically aware?
Published by May 3rd, 2008 in Personal, Politics, Theory and Women. 0 CommentsInsurance for sex workers
Published by May 3rd, 2008 in Business, Human Rights, Society and Women. 0 CommentsLIC introduces an insurance scheme for sex workers- ‘let’s revel in the news’, says Premasri :
To reiterate, this represents a tremendous victory for sex workers, as it symbolizes an eventual shift towards a rights-based framework, which recognizes sex workers as workers with the fundamental right to basic services such as savings accounts and life [...]
‘White trash’?
Published by May 3rd, 2008 in Culture, Media, Prejudice, Sports and Women. 0 CommentsSandyk expresses his views on an article by Barkha Dutt in which she refers to the IPL cheerleaders as ‘white trash’:
But I can not blame her since Indian morality is a big issue with people in power and public domain. We do not like things which make us uncomfortable. We have not learnt the art [...]
Sandipan is about to graduate from IIT Kharagpur. He writes about five movies that have helped shape his life and career so far. Sample this:
A Beautiful Mind: The movie wants me to give up everything in life and lose myself in the pursuit of an innovative idea. Everyone must’ve seen and loved the movie. But [...]
Old Gangajal in a new bottle
Published by May 3rd, 2008 in Art, Books, Culture, Fiction, India and Religion. 0 CommentsNayan has discovered the newer version of the Ramayana, set in 3392 A.D. and has his opinions:
I wonder what Swami Valmiki thought while writing down this legend. I pray to God to give his soul peace, I am quite sure he would have not been happy to see Rama and Dashratha talking in fundax English, [...]
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