In continuum of my earlier post on ‘The suicide of Kuljeet Randhawa’
The press is now waking up to the seriousness of the suicide and looking for deeper underlying causes and its implications. They were late at it, considering that they unceremoniously , unethically/calluously chose initially to quote celebrities who were dimissive of her death in rather uncomplimentary terms. Media today bows down to pressures of readership, viewership often at the cost of their own credibility. (more…)
February 15, 2006
Walking the Tightrope of Life-Part ll
February 14, 2006
BRAVO!!
It was so astounding to read this report. Indian women rock, irrespective of their rural background.
Illiterate Indian woman to address UN meet
Thursday, February 09, 2006
PATNA: A poor and illiterate Dalit woman from Bihar has been selected to represent India at an international UN-sponsored seminar to share her experiences of livelihood and development.
Girija Devi, a mother of four children in her late 40s, from Chipulia village in east Champaran district will attend the meet in New York Feb 27. She belongs to the poor Dalit community of Musahars that is known to eat rats for survival.
She will address the seminar on “Women Environment and Development Organization” in Bhojpuri as she does not know either Hindi or English. She is the first rustic woman from Bihar and fifth from India to participate in a UN seminar.
She has been invited for her work on empowerment of disadvantaged sections of society, particularly women and her anti-liquor drive in rural areas. She is credited for making her village free from liquor.
“She single-handedly started a campaign against liquor traders and forced men of her community to end their drinking habits,” said a district official.
Last year, two Dalit women from Madhuban district – Tiliya Devi and America Devi – were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005
Cute!! I am rightly impressed
February 13, 2006
13-Lucky For Some
Today is the 13th and to be selected as “Desicritic of the day”,is a great start to the day.
Pleasantly surprised.I consider myself a novice, still floundering in this gargantuan universe of erstwhile bloggers.
Gratefully accepted though. It means a lot since the site in question is among the best we South Asians can boast of.
February 12, 2006
Walking The Tightrope Of Life
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest–whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories–comes afterward. These are games; one must first answer.” -Albert Camus
When one awakes in the morning, opens the papers, and is startled by the news of the suicide of a co-actor, then after the initial despair, outrage,helplessness, what comes to mind is the saying which I have quoted above.
Read news clipping; (more…)
February 7, 2006
The problem that has no name
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WASHINGTON – Betty Friedan, whose manifesto “The Feminine Mystique” became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday. She was 85.
Friedan died at her home of congestive heart failure, according to a cousin, Emily Bazelon. (more…)
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