And with one statement…

…Barbora took us all back into the 18th century. Here is what he said about women in the armed forces
In a few years time, we might see this change (women getting inducted as fighter pilots) coming in with certain pre-conditions that till this age we request you to be happy, be married, but no offsprings
And pray [...]

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She did not ask for the responsibility.

Warning: long long rant ahead. I was thinking, and typing and the words kept coming.
I have been commenting on this and this post by IHM, and the more I think about it, the more cynical I get. There are two different issues that are addressed by these posts. One is the (faux)glorification of women as the sole [...]

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Darcy or Bingley?

Two men who are at similar positions in society, but could not be more different in their behavior. Darcy and Bingley.
Darcy would have you foaming at the mouth at his vanity and the way he would treat anyone below his social status. But he is one character I love, inspite of his obvious flaws. Bingley, [...]

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Pretty always hurts!

I have a pair of pretty red shoes. The only pair of red shoes that I own. They are a moderate heel(1.5 inches) and seem to fit me well. Until I start walking in them, that is! The first time I wore them they squished both my pinky toes to a pulp in an hour. [...]

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It is always her.

Major rant follows. These are my thoughts about an issue that really gets me all hyper and angry. Nita puts things in perspective objectively and coherently than I do here.
Is it OK to molest a girl just because she was passed out? Is a girl who parties and drinks with men inviting them to [...]

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Random thoughts…

Rediff creepsI have a bad habit. As I arrive at work 8:00am or so, I open my laptop, connect the power cord and the LAN cable and open my Firefox and type in ‘rediff.com’ on the browser and hit enter. Then I spend the next few minutes looking at the headlines, and sometimes, if a [...]

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And here is one tight slap for you…

“Since they are women, stooping to the level of gifting undergarments will defame them only,” he observed.
FYI, Mr. Head-of-the-hooligan-sena,
Since there are a lot of men who are also ’stooping to the level of gifting undergarment, may you have the sense to not just ‘defame’ the women.Also, the very beginning of this statement, ‘Since they [...]

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Domestic violence

Continuing on the topic of Women in India, today I want to share my views on Domestic Violence.I grew up in an atmosphere where no one beats anyone else, for any reason. But we had a maid who came everyday with bruises and black eye, and when I asked her what happened she would say [...]

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Being a woman.

My parents have 2 daughters. I was 6 when my younger sister was born, and I remember people telling my mom, ‘It’s OK’, etc. Growing up, no one at home made us feel that we were inferior to boys. I studied in a co-educational central government school where we were taught that girls and boys [...]

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Ban women from public places.

After seeing the way the Mangalore incident was handled by the Karnataka government, I thought nothing would shock me now. I was so wrong. Here are some words of wisdom by a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW). As expected there are some things IHM said that provoke thought.
Ms. Venkatesh is so right. [...]

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