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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My prayers go out to all those affected.

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Click here to read more about the Hunger Project’s work in India.

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Highlighting the need for formulating “gender-specific” development programmes for the country, President Pratibha Patil today said greater representation of women in all walks of life was the key to realising our full potential as a nation. “A woman’s perspective is indispensable for broad-based and balanced development of a country. Our development programmes must therefore specifically [...]

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