Becky Blab

Some new research featured in the NYT on the gender gap contends counterintuitively that more traditional societies have smaller gender differences than modern ones.
For evolutionary psychologists, the bad news is that the size of the gender gap in personality varies among cultures. For social-role psychologists, the bad news is that the variation is going in [...]

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I just saw the Mira Nair film ‘Salaam Bombay!’ Though it was made twenty years ago, it is still a poignant reminder of the challenges facing India.

For the Hindi speakers, this shows three clips from the film:

Some of the film’s proceeds went towards the founding of the Salaam Baalak Trust, which has since has helped [...]

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The O-zone on Sunday covered the new trend among 20-30 something women, most of whom are still single, going all out for one-night stands and no strings attached.
Sexcapades of young women, their casual attitude towards flings and open declaration that sex is just a physical need like any other, lead one to wonder how this [...]

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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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She has posted this promotional video for the NGO she runs, Bal Krriti, for slum children in an area on the outskirts of Jaipur.

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