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In a country where Maa Durga and Maa Saraswati are worshiped and where brave soldiers sacrifice their lives protecting their (mother)land, it’s hard to understand the rationale behind female foeticide. Yes, the plain blunt answer is Patriarchy but my question is why? Why do we forget that if there was no woman, there would be … More F for Female Foeticide
No, I am not talking about the chemistry lab experiments that can turn solutions pink when you mix them for 10 seconds or purple for 15 seconds. I am talking about those little experiments we do or can do to make our life more meaningful. You got it right! Not successful or extraordinary but just … More E for Experiment
If you thought only women face domestic violence then that’s not true. If you thought, only India battles with the issue of protecting women from their intimate partners, then also it’s not true. This is 21st century and women have changed. Yet, there are women who think it is justified if her husband beats her up. And … More D for Domestic Violence
Times have changed and so have Indian women. While I know we still have a long way to go, it is important to stop,breathe, reflect and recognize all that is going well for us. Indian women are changing and the change is now evident at home or at work. There are more women in workplace than … More C for Change
April 14, 2015 marks a year of the day when over 275 school girls were kidnapped from a high school in Chibok, Nigeria. Little did they know that writing an exam would mean not coming back home. Boko Haram forbids western education and this act of kidnapping was to pressurize the government to release detained fighters of … More B for Bring Back Our Girls
If you thought Acid Attacks are only India’s shame, no they are not. Violent acid attacks are a shame world wide and that’s true. Sonali Mukherjee is a known name in India. Yet, Sonali Mukherjee is the only name most people know in India. While the perpetrators were granted bail ten years ago when they committed … More A for Acid Attacks
They say change is the only constant in the world and that it is inevitable. Change moves you away from the comfort zone and it makes you do something that you were not prepared for. Change brings in newness and not knowing what the future beholds, rocks the boat and that is certainly uncomfortable. How do I … More #MicroblogMondays – Being Zen
Last Christmas vacations were a treat for us – both mentally and physically. While 2014 was wrapping up on the calendar, we got away to Pune to explore the Sahyadri Hills and the Konkan belt. Our base was in Pune and it gave us a great opportunity to explore the food in that part of … More A treat for my sweet tooth in Pune
I came across this image on Twitter last week and I was deeply saddened by it. When a photojournalist approached this 4 year old Syrian child with a camera in hand, she thought it was a weapon and surrendered. Imagine the kind of world we are living in where such little children see anything black and big … More This Sunday Punch hits hard
The struggle for power, those moments of joys, the bond of friendship and the hatred in a bout happens not just above water but also under the water. Merjella is a fantasy fiction novel which brings to light the life under water and how the protagonist Jella plots to win back her rightful kingdom at … More Merjella – A Book Review
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