Uncommon sense says that :
Domestic violence against men by their spouse rarely come out in the open due to some obvious reason. A man wouldnt go out and tell the world, or say to his friends, or other relatives that his wife beats the hell out of him. The men are in a situation similar [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The hidden side of domestic violence
Published by October 30th, 2009 in Activism, Feminism, Gender & Sexuality and India. 5 CommentsA very though-provoking article on the Foreign Policy blog about how (or does) writing an article, a short story or a novel in English about India and Indians actually water down the “Indian-ness” of the content:
But the tension has taken on a new form amid the growing appeal of the “global novel” — a story [...]
Satire is all fine for the political class, as long as its done by themselves.
Tech girl writes:
On Oct 6, I started a Twitter account ‘Shashi Tharoor Fake’. The bio in this Twitter account had the word satire and the front page even linked to my satire blog techgirltalk.blogspot.com.
My Twitter account Shashi Tharoor Fake, started [...]
Being eco-friendly was never so sexy and stylish for your home. Was it? Check out Anand Bhave’s outstanding work with Paper and Coconut Palm parts and the like with home furniture.
… and Switzerland, of course! Kalyan is visiting there and seems to be having a great time. Check out his blog post including some great views of the land and very very delicious looking chocolates:
Anupam has posted a lovely poem:
CyberGandhi is shocked at India’s ranking in the 2009 global hunger index(65th) It ranks slightly above Bangladesh and below all other South Asian nations. Even though, India’s score indicates slighter progress of 2 points from last year ranking, we are still a poor performer . Countries who have been ranked as better performers with less [...]
Harini’s insights on how things work or don’t in the ‘unique eco-system’ of the shooting floor:
Last week we were shooting at Sankraman – in Aarey. The same sankraman that was the home to the bulk of the Balaji soaps that used to be on most channels. If you had gone there a year ago – [...]
The United Front of Left and Right
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Caste, Dalit, Media and Politics. 1 CommentThe Varkala Murder case (in Kerala State) and the Police relating it to a Dalit organization have once again exposed the mindset of mainstream media, mainstream Left and extreme Right. The interesting thing is that the Left and Right (CPM and Shiv Sena) allegedly join hands along with Police to hunt down the Dalits in [...]
Lean and unhealthy
Published by October 25th, 2009 in Bollywood, Business, Cinema, Culture and Women. 0 CommentsRum remembers the days when actors didn’t have to starve to look good on screen and blames Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone for starting an unhealthy trend:
I’m not gonna hate on all naturally skinny gals like Anushka Sharma, or others but its just that Kareena Kapoor is going all out to promote an unreal expectation [...]
What (not to) say in Kolkata
Published by October 24th, 2009 in Culture, Humour, India and Language. 0 CommentsAlthough the writers are affiliated with a daily newspaper, I found this list at the I Love Kolkata website bherry bherry intereshting:
45. No worries: Means precious little. It is cold and emotionless, said just for the sake of saying something. “I hate it when someone says ‘no worries’ with a smile on his face without [...]
Post man describes from first hand experience an incident from the recent floods in Kurnool and what people were up to in the midst of all that suffering :
A boat with a couple of guys driving it was looking for survivors. The boat could take 10 at a time. But one could enter only if [...]
Expensive malls, cheap products?
Published by October 23rd, 2009 in Business, Capitalism, Consumer, Economy, Environment and Globalisation. 3 CommentsBhagwad thinks malls are expensive, but very little of the money spent there goes to the employees. And then he says products sold at malls are ‘profitable because we don’t pay the full cost of products from the mine to the dump’. Now, which is true? That the malls are expensive or the products are [...]
Smokescreen translates a poem by Telugu feminist writer Jayaprabha and tries to interpret it:
Human selfishness draws boundaries
Not leaping streams
Not forests or waterfalls
Who can say whence
come the clouds bringing rain here!
[...] Although this isn’t a feminist poem in the strictest sense, I’m drawn to it because of my fascination for people whose imagination blurs boundaries. Like [...]
Bollyviewer has been laid up with a nasty strep-throat the last few weeks and has been on the lookout for good masala movies to improve her outlook on life. So she zeroes in on a 1971 film starring Dharmendra called Rakhwala. it is not likely that you would have read a review of a typical [...]
Here is a blog that says “classical music for the uninitiated”. Indian Raga introduces us to various ragas, songs and music of several branches of Indian music with audio examples. Go, check them out.
Joru ka Gulam
Published by October 21st, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, Humour and Personal. 3 CommentsThe Indian Homemaker had polled on her blog about the definitions for Joru ka Gulam; what would you describe as the ideal henpicked husband. Check out the list of responses. There’s even a poll going on!
He has a feminine side to his personality; he is androgynous in many ways.
He hates dowry and can boycott his [...]
Swati Kanitkar is giving us a musical treat with two beautiful songs. Jeevan Dor is the cover of a Lata Mangeshkar song and Dono Jahan Teri is a Ghazal. It’s a must-listen.
Thulasi Das has posted some wonderful shots from his trip to Kashmir. Go and check them out.
Rajiv recollects the way we used to enjoy Diwali when we were ten-year-olds:
I was probably in my 3rd standard, when the earliest memories of Diwali strike me. It was my paati who would light the first pattasu* in the house. 3:00 am was always the time. It was a custom followed for many years. We [...]
Kiran has completed her 300th post and ‘must celebrate this milestone the best way’:
Thirtysixandcounting was not the original. The original was thirtysomething on a hosting platform called blogsource. Blogsource, of course, decided to give up its virtual ghost and directed me to something called Live Digital. Where I promptly transferred the entire thirtysomething blog, which [...]
Janabai, poet for all times
Published by October 17th, 2009 in Caste, Language, Literature, Poetry, Prejudice and Women. 2 CommentsJanabai shares dais with her contemporaries Sant Dynaeshwar and Sant Namdev – poet saints of Maharastra. Her 300 odd abhangs have become part of Namdev’s repertoire of devotional songs to Lord Vittal. Here is one where the Lord Vittal works alongside her. These are not household chores as is usually described for a housemaid. This [...]
Scandal in Kodambakkam
Published by October 16th, 2009 in Cinema, Media, Patriarchy, Television and Women. 0 CommentsMaami on the vulnerability of the ‘beautiful women’, moviegoers ‘fantasise on screen as goddesses’:
A cacophony involving a small- time actress, has allegedly accused many senior actresses of Tamil cinema of running brothels has erupted in Chennai. This “confession” was published in the newspaper carrying photographs of the actresses without verifying or seeking their opinion. Afterall actresses are [...]
Who are they? To find out have a look at Sid’s photograph of you and me.
After years of ignoring Gandhi and tilting towards fire brand revolutionary politics, Himank is finally over awed by the Mahatma :
All my life even I have always been anti-Gandhi, always been in favour of Subhas (arguably the second biggest Indian in the Independence movement) – Bhagat Singh fire brand politics. But, the more I read [...]
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