Becky Blab

A post at Desicritics highlights the recent case of the Japanese surrogate baby and how Indian laws fail to keep up with the changing demands of the times.
Although India has become the favored destination for those who are looking for surrogate mothers for their yet to be born babies as more and more Indian women [...]

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The government is well aware of the legal grey area surrounding surrogacy, and Renuka Chowdhury promises legislation to address the issue by next year.
Via Sify.

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Last year, I read this op-ed in the Herald Tribune, ‘Can you patent wisdom?’, which I had saved and hidden away somewhere. (My attempt at hoarding knowledge?!) It is a beautiful piece on how Yoga has become big business in the West, through multitudes of copyrights, despite an understanding in ancient India that everyone has [...]

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A Delhi court has held the government responsible for the birth of an unwanted child in a poor household because the mother became pregnant despite undergoing sterilisation under a government-sponsored scheme at a hospital.
I’m glad to see that the government will have to take credit for this case. Their sterilisation rampage is notorious for [...]

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The Guardian takes an in-depth look at the Gulabi Gang, the group of 500-plus female vigilantes from Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh. Not only is this the place where Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen of India is from as the article mentions, but also the Queen of Jhansi who notoriously fought the British for her kingdom. Coming [...]

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