Parwatisingari's Weblog

Category: Us people

  • 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…

  • parents and holiday

    Should working parents get summer holidays? I would assume all parents do work, at different levels, some self-employed, some in public sector, some in private sector, some housewives, or lets use the modern word “home maker” well breaks are part of any job profile, when and how long I guess are company policies. If people…

  • The Giant and the ant.

    At the end of the day, it for us the citizens to ensure that our systems work. Lets face it I is easy to blame Pakistan for our terrorist troubles, which in itself is pitiful, after we are Giant, and Pakistan is a piddly little state. Yet we succumb to the irritation. The entire sarbjit,…