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Tag: Empowering women

  • Its not cricket…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8yxfsTzDg Its not cricket…. Yes, I belong to the school of thought that thinks Cricket is a luxury, a waste or resources, like time and money. Spending 2500/ticket for a match to me is criminal. Yet what is visible is that cricket is like a wine house, pundit ho ya maulvi sab ko mel karti…

  • women’s cell.

    March 8th  women’s day The women’s forum at goa had a workshop to address women’s cell.   It was quite interesting to explore the aims and objectives of the women’s cell. Since most of us had done our home with the blessing of googlemata we went in with a typical mindset. But Roland Martins, the man…

  • musings on women’s day

    March 8th, Every institution, marketing guru, NGO’s get into bandwagon of women’s day, I wonder how many of them actually translate into actions. Question routinely raised— Equality of opportunity Financial empowerment Healthcare Fine, but sometimes I wonder… if the society gives the woman her issue. Woman’s education what if the woman herself does not want…

  • Backing Sumitra Kamble.

    Sumitra Kamble–http://milaap.org/fund/sumitra-kamble-and-group/2037 Sumitra Kamble is a resident of Ghataprabha in Belgaum district like other former Devadasi women, unschooled; illiterate she sustains her family by raising buffaloes. This makes ends meet, sending her two children to school, but that is a challenge in itself. Sometimes she gets anxious for any new challenge would be a financial…

  • 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,…

  • 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…