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 our own previous record. So has the reach of mass media and social media and mobile phones. Recent developments in the country have raised the …
Open letter to Indian media about Lok Sabha Elections Read More »
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 want to state upfront that I have a deep respect for Vrinda Grover and her work for human rights, and the article merely shares my …
I have a voice and it has weight. However great or little it is. It is my responsibility to use it in a manner that is congruent with my goals. I have an interest in women’s empowerment. I have an interest in women getting justice. In justice being accessible to more and more women. A …
Politically incorrect declaration by an extremely conditional feminist Read More »
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 case, I want to put my views on record, mostly to prevent defending them over and over in 140 letter tweets. Is it right to …
Thoughts on “Letter To Ms Tehelka-Assault-Victim” at @newslaundry Read More »
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. What is abuse and what isn’t abused gets declared by the presence or absence of certain words and whether they are on the green list …
Rape jokes sexist jokes and other inequality jokes Read More »
Here are some of the things that don’t add up with regard to some of what the victim says and what is known/observed/claimed in my view. Who leaked the emails? Increasingly it is appearing that the emails were leaked with the girl’s knowledge and as a warped kind of press release series. There is a …
Some questions regarding the victim’s side of the story Read More »
From: Shoma Chaudhury <shoma@tehelka.com> Date: 27 November 2013 8:13:35 pm IST To: ****** Cc: Editors <editors@tehelka.com> Subject: RE: Resignation with immediate effect Dear ******, It is unfortunate that your resignation from Tehelka comes under these circumstances. As you have said, we have stood together for women’s rights, and today for me to be seen in …
Shoma Chaudhary’s letter of acceptance of #TehelkaRapeCase victim’s resignation Read More »
This has been bothering me for a while now. It is an extension of one of the points in the
Tehelka stands on the wrong end of an outrage this time. Tarun Tejpal stands accused of sexual harassment of a young journalist during their iTHINK festival. While I don’t downplay sexual harassment, it is a very common crime. With 90% of women stating that they have been sexually violated at some point, and most sexual …
Tehelka: a bad lapse of judgment and awful misreading of Vishakha guidelines Read More »