Becky Blab

The TOI has an interesting response to Sarah Palin’s nomination: the examination of political tokenism of women in India.
“A patriarchal ethos dominates both the societies, American and Indian, but they operate in different ways. In India, despite the patriarchal ethos, powerful women leaders have emerged,” says political scientist Imtiaz Ahmed.
The most famous examples are BSP [...]

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I wanted to discuss another documentary film I recently saw called ‘Chitti Hatia’ or White Shops. It was a brief (one hour) but moving film about a man’s search for his grandfather’s home in what is now Pakistan. About humanity and humility, simplicity and forgiveness. From the film’s blog:
Chitti Hatia, the story of Bittoo Sondhi, [...]

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On the Psychology Today blog there’s a post which highlights the difficulty of dealing with gender roles as a wife and mother:
The fact is that women in most countries are expected to be compassionate, nurturing, and to put their own needs aside on a regular basis. In most Third World countries, a woman’s primary job is considered to be [...]

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I know I do.
A cell phone ring tone that sings “Condom, condom!” has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry considerable social stigma and HIV and AIDS are growing problems, health experts said on Tuesday.
The a cappella ring tone features a professional singer chanting the word condom more than [...]

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In a strange conclusion to the story of requested abortion of an ailing fetus, the mother had a miscarriage last week. At first, I was pretty suspicious and automatically assumed some sneakiness. But it turned out a doctor had even warned miscarriage could be a possibility.
When asked if it was a genuine case of a [...]

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