In the years I lived in India in my parents’ home overlooking the slums, we would see drunken husbands beating up their wives. Girls pulled out of school and sent off to do housework. Polygamous husbands and their impoverished families. I always thought it had something to do with being poor and uneducated. I was […]
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Abused But Passive?
A lot has been seen and heard about the new anti-domestic violence campaign by the ad agency Taproot India. Their “abused goddesses” ad has been making the rounds in social media websites, social networking sites and has received a lot of coverage in many newspapers and journals in India and around the world. Many newspapers have […]
The Life Of A Rose…
She grew up amid the quiet backwaters of Kerala. Born in a staunch Roman Catholic household, as the last born child, she was showered with love and affection from her siblings and parents. Her childhood though marred with difficulties, was filled with contentment. Though life was a struggle, the desire to win and work hard […]
Violence…
Her body aches and the fingers are brittle with the abuse of the laptop keys that she keeps punching to release something.. And then reaches out to ease the pain of that blackened.. swollen eye.
Tough Love
The first hit came unexpectedly, as though a shock of lightning had coursed through me. The second tore skin, letting rain from above pierce my bloodstream and flood my body. The third was faster and sickeningly loud when flesh and bone and brick and rain clanged through the night. The grass is green and the […]