From differences to diversity
This post ties up with one on tolerance that I wish to write. Where we have people, we have individuality. This is what makes each one of us special. However, …
Anger
Women and Power : The Gender Battle
Patterns of assumptions and stereotypes manipulate collective responses. Patterns based on things we refuse to acknowledge or even are aware of. “Strong man”, “Caring mother”, “damsel in distress”, “hen pecked”, “old coot”, …
Why is Indian Media treating Irom Sharmila as a step daughter?
Ever since Anna Hazare’s fast began,
Passive Alcoholism : Coming out of the closet
Passive alcoholism is what I have started calling the experience of being under the influence of a person under the influence of alcoholism. Those following me on Facebook were aghast …
Terrorism in India
Image via Wikipedia B. Raman has written an outstanding summary of an apparently outstanding debate hosted by Barkha Dutt on the subject of Saffron terrorism. What I liked was his …
Indian Media!!! I can’t believe this!!!
Awesome, Isn’t it? How much of a fool can the media make of themselves? The whole Mumbai nightmare has been faithfully punctuated by bad reporting by the media. One terrorist …
Army encounters and other killings
Today, there is news of yet another Kashmiri student dying in an Army encounter. The Army says that it had received information on suspicious activity and had laid an ambush. …
Healing a filly injured by a bear – flashback
This is a memory from a long time ago. Way before I figured out the internet beyond checking mail. This is a time when I was a nomadic horsewoman in …
Solution on Kashmir?
For a long time, Kashmir has been a thrown in the sides of India, Pakistan and Kashmir. Countless men losing their lives, exhorbitant amounts of money spent, arguments, claims, hopes …