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A Prize Is A Prize !

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

Yes, just like a rose is a rose and would smell as sweet with any other name, a prize is a prize and would be just as dear even if it has a few cracks!! This post of mine had … Continue reading →

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Thus Spake The Prince Of Good Times

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

So Siddartha Mallya thinks that Zohal Habib, the woman who accused Royal Challengers player Luke Pomersbach of molesting her and physically assaulting her boyfriend, is not given to behaving like a good future wife. Why? Because she had been falling … Continue reading →

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When The Truth Is Spoken

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I missed the first episode of Satyamev Jayate yesterday and was disconsolate because I could not find any repeat telecast in the television listings I had been poring over early this morning. I cheered up when I saw IHM’s post … Continue reading →

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On Equality In The Classroom

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

It wasn’t the playschool teacher’s fault , really. She probably thought only banner waving firebrands would take exception to something so commonplace and so innocuous–and I may not have looked like the stereotypical activist to her. I was attending my … Continue reading →

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How Much Do They Know?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

I had been noticing for some time now how every time I visited Flipkart, they showed me a list of items I might have browsed through on an earlier date. It could only mean that they kept track of the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Myself

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

This post is my entry for Women’s Web’s ‘Celebrating Myself’ Contest. Edited To Add: This post was one of the second prize winners, yippee!!! Thank you, Women’s Web!! Every year, come Women’s Day and I watch with fascination the profusion … Continue reading →

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Chak De India Revisited

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

A few days back I happened to catch the movie Chak De India on television . It brought back many memories. We lived in another city when this movie first hit the theatres, and a friend dragged me with her … Continue reading →

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Oops She Did It Again

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

Only the other dayIHM was discussing the kinds of statements/ actions on the part of the police or politicians which potential rapists would find encouraging, and  we find THIS in the morning papers yesterday. The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata … Continue reading →

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Where Women Must Always Be Shrinking Violets

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I’ll begin by admitting that I used to think that the job of the chief of National Commission for Women is ridiculously easy for all the perks and pay it gets you. You jet-set across the country and out of … Continue reading →

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The Merry Wives Of Windsor…Errr…Raja Reddy

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

The Times Of India is one newspaper which cannot be accused of having intellectual pretensions. It’s  Sunday supplement, in particular, is an exercise in banal celebrity worship. It’s a strategy that serves them very well, going by the number of … Continue reading →

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