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  • 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…

  • Waur Ah tae host a ceilidh…

    When Ah hae a ceilidh,,, ‘main ‘en barbie lets gang ceilidh. “The Tea Party I had a little tea party This afternoon at three. ‘Twas very small- Three guest in all- Just I, myself and me. Myself ate all the sandwiches, While I drank up the tea; ‘Twas also I who ate the pie And…

  • 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…

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