Recently, I keep starting out my posts with numbers. Perhaps it helps me to establish the landmarks, to measure my success on this uncharted path. For me, these three years are the longest ever time that I’ve been settled in one place since I graduated from high school in 1999. I’m discounting the four years [...]
Milestones: Three years in the pink city
May 25th, 2010 · View Comments
Tags: Sharings · culture · feminism · gender roles and division of labour · health & well-being · marriage/divorce · me · mobility · spirituality
Mahila on motorbikes
September 3rd, 2008 · View Comments
Besides the horrible way this article refers to the actresses, I just wanted to highlight that two upcoming films will be featuring women on motorcycles, and here’s what they have to say about it:
“Riding a bike was liberating. It was something I always wanted to do — it’s feminine, fiesty and fun. The thrill of [...]
Tags: empowerment · gender roles and division of labour · media · mobility
Harrassment, etc
August 26th, 2008 · View 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 [...]
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
