The politics of human rights
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. ~ Anatole France […]
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Laws regarding rape
Open letter to Indian media about Lok Sabha Elections
Dear media, India is witnessing an unprecedented event. It is the largest election to date in the world. We have them every five years, but our population has grown since
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Comments for Vrinda Grover and others about the Tejpal case
This is with regard to Vrinda Grover’s facebook post as well as assorted defenders of Tejpal’s poor, helpless victim, which I cannot comment on individually to engage in debate, so
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Does our new rape law help women?
This is a response to Vrinda Grovers views on the new rape law as told to Priyadarshini Sen in the article “Look Before You Creep” published in Outlook Magazine. I
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Goa Police to file 2700 page chargesheet in sexual assault case against Tarun Tejpal
Breaking news being tweeted right now is that Goa police will be filing a 2700 page chargesheet against Tarun Tejpal for sexual assault. For a sense of proportion for those
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Woman kills neighbour who tried to rape her 5-year-old daughter
A woman in Jharkhand has killed her neighbour for trying to rape her five year old daughter. The woman was out of her home for work when the neighbour misbehaved
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Thoughts on “Letter To Ms Tehelka-Assault-Victim” at @newslaundry
News Laundry published an aggressive, confrontational letter to the woman allegedly assaulted by Tarun Tejpal. Pandemonium ensued. Having written extensively about the other side of media reporting on the Tejpal
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Anger with elite misusers of protections to women
Thoughtless protections and rabid lawmaking by our government have brought us to this point where the laws to protect women are a joke. We are just blindly tweaking. A court
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Rape jokes sexist jokes and other inequality jokes
As the dialogue on gender inequality gets more strident and less nuanced, there are many holy cows and dirty pigs, where communication happens as though through a word parsing software.
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