Unfreedoming Speech
Dear Mr. Sibal Let me begin with saying that not even my mother had ever made such a comprehensive effort to remove from my sight everything that would offend me. […]
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Behavior
Slutwalks and the state
The Mumbai Slutwalk had died when the police required us to provide an undertaking on the letterhead of an NGO with details of the walk. We could have falsified it,
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About respect for Keenan and Reuben
A friend called me like she does once in a while (since I never call anyone). We talked about current happenings in our life, so naturally I told her about
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A girl who grew up in Rajasthan
One of my readers grew up in Rajasthan and was disturbed by the conversations around Violence Against Women. She had grown up with crimes against women being a common fact
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Eve Teasing under Civil Law
This article is second in a part of a three article series on Eve Teasing by Fazal Ahmad. The first part outlined the description and impact of eve teasing. This
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Eve Teasing
Fighting Eve-teasing: rights and remedy Nature has given women so much power that the Law has given them very little. Samuel Johnson The Term Eve Teasing used to refer to
On victims and healing
We are all victims of something or the other. We all have the same processes of healing. We get hurt, we find our space, we cope, we re-engage with the
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The crime of being a woman in love
Three stories trending these days with women in the spotlight. Nikhita and Vijayalakshmi When I first heard of the story of the wife beating actor Darshan, I thought it was
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Similarities and influences with Pakistan
The 10th Anniversary of 9/11 came and went and everyone has on their minds the big question of terrorism. India is no stranger to terrorism, though we started calling it
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