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Tag: gender equality

  • Who Empowers?

    Who Empowers?

    Merriam-Webster says to empower is to give official authority or legal power to act on ones behalf. It could also mean to enable It could also be to promote the self-actualization or to influence. Do we need someone to really empower us? Doesn’t the constitution already empower every citizen of the country immaterial of the…

  • Think like a girl….

    “I’m blogging for the India Today Woman Summit 2015 #WomenPower activity at BlogAdda.” The prompt began with the oft repeated quote it’s impossible to guess what a woman wants. Then there was reference to gender equality.  Yes we seem to be very confused on the stand a much needed discussion, do woman want to be treated specially or equally?…

  • Papa’s Dashavataar…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgKaWMRtnBI Once upon a time America used to live by the motto, ”Father  knows best” now they are in a state where they are lucky if “Father Knows he has children” they’ve become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies, with the movie Vicky Donor, and increasing romanticizing of surrogate parenthood of the Khans…

  • Fa diz th’ grottie linen?

    Who does the dirty linen?   I have a dirty battered superwoman cape for the cleaners. It’s better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week. Laurence J. Peter Have you been handed the superwoman cape, mine is kind of battered yet it is very much there.…

  • Of civility and senses.

    It was pouring out at the bus stand and the journey to Hyderabad from Panaji is about 14hrs. A couple with a two-year old in tow. A senior citizen couple who were diabetic.  The bus was on the roll, the ticket collector came around checking if we had our tickets and our identity proofs. “My…

  • What goes for the goose goes for the gander

    Indispire has thrown a prompt about virginity and a girl’s character… my response was thus http://plinkyprompt.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/whoses-character-mr-moral-keeper/ There have responses to it, but here is a very curious one by SPEAR SPEAR Jun 14, 2014 @ 16:02:55 [Edit] Very sad that you feel this way ! Blind acceptance of western values has led to decline in character ,…