Seema Singh, in this excellent post, opines that women continue to struggle as science falters and remains gendered:
Look at the numbers from UNESCO Institute of Statistics: The global average of women in science is 27%, for Asia it’s 15%. But India has just 10% women researchers; by contrast, in Latin America 46% of researchers are [...]
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Women outside science
Published by November 7th, 2008 in India, Science & Technology and Women. 0 CommentsYou can’t nominate change
Published by November 7th, 2008 in Caste, Dalit, Democracy, Politics and Religion. 0 CommentsRahul Siddharthan believes ‘Obama’s election does say something about the status of blacks in America’ unlike the ‘election’ of certain leaders from minority communities to top positions in India:
Now, I admire all the above things about India, but — even leaving aside the howler about the “last President” — I find the argument extremely sloppy. [...]
‘Breaking Barriers’
Published by November 7th, 2008 in Books, Justice, Society and Women. 0 CommentsDr.Ranu Sinha, author of the book ‘Breaking Barriers’ has a blog. The vision of the book, she says, ‘reflects the courage and willingness of women to cross the boundaries of the external and internal obstacles. The inspiration is women cops in USA and India but this book deals with women issues more broadly as well.’ [...]
Sneha Krishnan is optimistic that a higher divorce rate could actually be good for Indian society:
This trend may make us a stronger society based less on the facts we brush under the carpet or turn a blind eye to, and more on real experiences and integrity. India long boasted a stable family system. I have [...]
Unmesh Dasthakhir has posted a very creative art work into his photoblog. As one of the commenters mentioned there it is more like an installation art. Check it out and some other works from his photoblog.
Maddy pays tribute to Shanta P Nair, a playback singer of the yesteryears in Kerala.
Thumbi Thumbi va va…Picture a scene - a song from 1956, K Raghavan master’s music and Vayalar’s lyrics. The nervous Vayalar Rama Varma would have been sitting and listening to his very first lyrics for the movie ‘Koodapirappu’ being sung by [...]
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