The title may seem a bit over the top.But I do not recall a single other instance when a mother-in-law has admonished dangerous criminals for teasing her daughter-in -law, demanded an apology and then paid for it with her life.
On this courageous and astonishingly brave Meher Bhargava I had writtenas early as March 7th hoping and praying that she will recover.
But she is no more. (more…)
Its all about loving your parents’ money!!
Married couples are using the anti-dowry laws to implicate their parents/in-laws to part with their wealth or to live separately.
Please refer to this link.
In a shocking trend, some middle class married women, in league with their (more…)
Today was an interesting day . One of those which compels you to analyse, prioritize and deduce.
A friend, good friend I must add, since she has always been a well wisher, questioned the choice of my posts, Let me clarify here. Her objection was not to what was being written, rather to what was not getting written.. She was surprised and disappointed she said, that (more…)
Kaveetaa Kaul
Happened to read a most disturbing piece reported in BBC.
Women ‘get blame for being raped’
Distressed woman
Fewer than 6% of reported rapes result in a conviction
A third of people believe a woman is partially or completely responsible for being raped if she has behaved flirtatiously, a survey suggests.)
The Amnesty International poll of 1,000 people also found over 25% believe she is at least partly to blame if she has worn revealing clothing or been drunk.Amnesty says the “shocking” findings show government policies are failing.
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And the director of public prosecutions told the BBC the report “highlights some areas of real concern”.Ken Macdonald QC, who is in charge of prosecutions in England and Wales, spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
“The idea that a third of our people think that if a woman flirts she has only herself to blame if she is raped is, I think, quite shocking,” he said.
“These are jury trials. The jury is the community in the courtroom and it is reasonable to suppose the jury brings into the courtroom a lot of the attitudes we have been reading about.”
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Nothing can be traced back to male unreasonability when it comes to battle between the sexes. (more…)
farishtey se behtar hai insaan ban na
magar isme lagti hai mehnat zyaada
(tr: It is better to be a human being than it is to be a saint/nevertheless it takes more doing.)
In the wake of Jessica Lal’s Murdercase, Kuldeep’s suicide and the actress shot in the head last night, it leaves one puzzled. Can one ever hope that the worst is over?
Denial has been our forte for generations. But it seems as if debauchery has taken on a human face. As if that was not enough, please read on for the latest to realise that perhaps (more…)
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