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Pretty Woman, Fight Club, Che Guevera & his Motorcycle Diaries: Few things...
I read this wonderful list of '10 things feminism ruined for me' by Emer O'Toole on the Guardian. The point she made was that once you wear your feminist glasses, you would struggle to appreciate the...
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The woman and her sewing machine – portrait of Indian middle class mother in...
The Singer sewing machine is a cultural symbol from a bygone era. Every woman or man has their own memory and story around the Singer machine. My mom’s story begins when at the age of 11 she lost her...
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Why I still stand by Arvind Kejriwal and have hope from Aam Aadmi Party
Today I find a deep emotional and personal connect with Arvind Kejriwal and therefore I stand with him. I have been through this exact kind of situation in my life and have faced the same allegations...
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Vogue Empower My Choice: What the criticism actually did to feminism
Here's what the criticism actually did. Young girls and boys, say the age group of 16 to 21 instantly liked the bold video. But as the senior feminists poured in the nuanced criticism, they felt...
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On reconnecting
“People move on, get hurt, come back and find me there still.” On reconnecting with a man who used to have a crush on me a decade ago. He still remembers the crush. Told him I was always just a text...
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What is a Sacred Indian Marriage and how Marital Rape may destroy it
We wonder what is this sacred marriage and how it would be destroyed if marital rape is recognized as a crime under Indian Penal Code. Here are the main features of sacred Indian marriage.
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PVR Saket security guards won’t let me in with my bag: What I did next will...
Feel free to try this at a cinema hall near you. The security guards at PVR Saket cinema hall wouldn't let me enter the hall with my bag which was not enough lady like. What I did next sure did shock...
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Piku – Feminist Film Review
Regular readers of my blog already know about my Feminist reviews. These are film reviews done by me after wearing my feminist glasses. So this time I did an exclusive review for the women centric...
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns: The film that blurs line between masculine-feminine,...
I am here with another review in my series of Feminist Film Reviews. A shorter and proofread version of this review was first published on Women’s Web. Besides the feminist perspective there were a few...
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Ek aurat hi aurat ki dushman hoti hai, because women are just jealous and...
My sister has a very important observation about the most commonly heard statement that women are their worst enemy. The mother-in-law v. daughter-in-law war in which the son is passed off as the...
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Life is back off track and I love it
I just came back from my SWBT (Single Woman Budget Traveler) trip to Manali, Leh and parts of Ladakh. I went impromptu, solo, on a budget, I traveled in state run public transport and shared cabs and...
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Ladakh Travelogue Part 1 – Manali to Leh the bus ride
Originally posted on Project SWBT:Let credits be given to whom it is owed. I owe my Ladakh trip to just one thing, the Outlook Traveller book on India’s top Trekking destinations which I received as a...
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Porn ban in India – mainstreaming of women’s lack of sexual agency
Global porn industry is worth $97 Billion. It can be safely assumed that many women derive economic independence and sexual agency from this industry. It is absolutely ridiculous to presume that all...
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Feminist film review Masaan – A story of desiring bodies
Masaan is the story of bodies – desiring bodies, dead bodies, burning bodies, children’s bodies as a tool of economic exploitation, gendered bodies facing medical negligence, apathy and exploitation...
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My feeling of patriotism in a BJP ruled India
“Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live. ”...
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Running marathon & other sports without tampons or pads becoming a mass movement
Hundreds of women are now running marathons and other sports without tampons openly bleeding! Not really, but how would that be?
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Caravan Magazine takes 5 years to put a woman on cover, renders a bad apology
This was first published on The Huffington Post India. It was about time someone questioned the mainstream media’s lack of coverage of women stories. The article met with predictable defense, “Caravan...
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Is the Ad campaign for Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit gender biased?
While flipping through the latest Outlook Magazine I came across the advertisement of the forthcoming Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit to be held in Nov 2015 in Jaipur. The campaign had an image...
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Pretty Woman, Fight Club, Che Guevera & his Motorcycle Diaries: Few things...
I read this wonderful list of '10 things feminism ruined for me' by Emer O'Toole on the Guardian. The point she made was that once you wear your feminist glasses, you would struggle to appreciate the...
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The woman and her sewing machine – portrait of Indian middle class mother in...
The Singer sewing machine is a cultural symbol from a bygone era. Every woman or man has their own memory and story around the Singer machine. My mom’s story begins when at the age of 11 she lost her...
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