Parwatisingari's Weblog

Category: Us people

  • Shamed– a book by Sarbjit Kaur

    http://www.bellbajao.org Here we are talking about ringing the bell, Crime against women, When I say this is attitudinal, it is groomed over generations. In the south the Nair, and the Shetty community were matriarchal and matrilineal so were the tribes of Nagaland, until the Indian govt. When that is dominated by the UP-Bihar and partial…

  • dhimaag ki ghanti bhajao.

    Ringing the bell to prevent crime against women, is just not enough, it starts with a very deep disturbance in the cultural ethos. We are in an environment where woman has become an object of possession to bartered, or battered. This is of course a contention of domestic violence. But there is something more, Look…

  • Denying democracy

    Bhishma on a bed of arrows, screams The Telegraph. Shishya coup screams  TOI Pro Modi- Pro Advani warriors calls The Hindu The media having a ball, Arnab Goswami hitting hysteric heights, I don’t dare  turn on whatever channel BakBak Dutt is on. For the past year International Centre Goa has been having debates and interactive…

  • who bells the cat

    http://www.bellbajao.org laws alone are not enough, there is a power in every individual and collective action to challenge habits, norms, and cultures that perpetuate violence. One person adds up to million, one million adds up to a change. How would I ring the bell? The first bell would be to accept what ever is out-of-place,…

  • To ring or not to ring…

    http://www.bellbajao.org ringing the bell, imagine, walking up to someone’s house and ringing the bell, because you or I heard some violent behaviour there, what if you accost denial. In fact that is what happens most of the times. The govt. Defines domestic violence as “Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual,…

  • Bird in the cage.

    Violence against women, The picture emerging is that of, domestic violence, suppression, rape. This is not something that happens to a person, events colour the life of the children, of the society at large. But violence is more than that it is violation or infringement into personal space and right. This happens a lot. The…