All Our Selves..

All Our Selves..

When crimes against women increasingly make shocking headlines and figures citing how different crimes against them are rising all the time,  one explanation most readily given  is that it is a time of transition,  or even confusion.  India,  we hear,  is a modernizing, young nation  though large sections remain conservative, patriarchal,  reluctant to change.   And […]

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The Victim Vs Us

The Victim Vs Us

My wife drives. She is way ahead when it comes to this particular skill. Sometimes sitting next to her while she is driving helps me understand what she is up against whenever she gets behind the steering wheel. Most male drivers in the city don’t like women driving. This is regardless of the class they […]

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The Conspiracy Of Silence..

The Conspiracy Of Silence..

  It has been over one year since Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez were killed in Mumbai by eve-teasers for trying to protect their girl-friends. Their loved ones are still waiting for  justice though finally charges have been framed. However, never before in the history of independent India have the young faced so many challenges as they […]

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Cover Up Or Be Raped!

Cover Up Or Be Raped!

The country is in the throes of an inexplicable regression. Cover up or get raped is the message that is getting steadily strident and sinister. Stay safe with traditional clothes. Dispense with jeans and shorts if you want to preserve your modesty. Watch what you wear and how! The sneaky, judgemental voices emanate from everywhere. A […]

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Unsafe…

Unsafe…

The air is still. Almost as if it has decided to see just how quietly it can creep, undetected, through her home. Not a leaf has moved. Not a sigh has escaped her lips. Not a word of this article she has read has stayed back except one: raped. The images swirl in her head. […]

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How Dirty Is Dirty?

How Dirty Is Dirty?

So how dirty is dirty on Indian television?  A censored film is not sanitised enough for family audiences but home grown crime shows are?  Especially the ones where in the guise of educating viewers about the dangers lurking in every neighbourhood and dark corner, gang rapes are recreated, victims are shown pleading for mercy as […]

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Low Cut Morality

Low Cut Morality

In the early 90s, during the last gasps of terrorism in Punjab, terrorists in a desperate bid to penetrate the social fabric passed a diktat that women will only dress in salwar kameez and saffron dupattas.  The argument was that jeans and other visible symbols of modernity were against tradition and culture. The fear of […]

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