Becky Blab

This article in Tehelka, on the confusion and obsession surrounding sex in India, is a valuable compliment to my blogbharti post. Some excerpts: There is provocation in terms of [imagery from the West] but there is the absence of opportunity to express it within your own social framework. And it all leads to curious distortions. [...]

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See my first post on Blogbharti’s Spotlight Series, on secret pre- and extra-marital relationships.

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Requiem for Benazir Bhutto   Women’s Action Forum grieves. It grieves with Bakhtawar, Bilawal and Asifa, It grieves with Nusrat and Sanam Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, It grieves with all members of the Bhutto family, It grieves with the PPP and all PPP workers and supporters, It grieves with the poor and the oppressed, [...]

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[youtube RewNn2r2P3g] Chowdhury’s at it again, this time with big plans to improve the status of the country’s 33 million widows. She would like to provide them with skills to earn a living, instead of living on the streets and begging in holy Hindu cities where they are deposited by their families. She also hopes [...]

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This comes as no surprise. A report recently released by ActionAid, Indian Social Institute (ISI), and LAYA (an NGO based in Andhra Pradesh working on tribal rights issues) called ‘Resources Rich Tribal Poor’, says that development projects that cause displacement also cause women to suffer the most. From violence against women to a heavier work [...]

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