Becky Blab

My journey to/through Isha Yoga

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‘Stock market ups and downs don’t cause human suffering’

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Excerpts from Sadhguru’s recent interview with the Economic Times:
The break down of one defined situation is an opportunity to define a completely new situation or possibility. Human suffering is happening because our psychological and emotional situations are not happening the way we would like it. If we are truly enterprising and innovative, this is an [...]

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Tags: economic development · globalisation · leadership · spirituality · trade

Harrassment, etc

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

The Washington Post had an in-depth piece on Indian women’s status. It starts off discussing ‘eve-teasing’, i.e. harrassment, but then delves into the whole range of issues from dowry to sex-selective abortion:
For India’s middle-class urban women, the past decade has brought unprecedented opportunities to advance in a social order long dominated by men. But a [...]

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Tags: activism · culture · dowry · economic development · empowerment · gender bias · gender roles and division of labour · girl child · globalisation · mobility · sex and sexuality · trade · violence against women/harrassment