World toilet day The UN has declared Nov.19th as the world Toilet day. We have lived and grown up with toilets, of course during our younger days when we travelled we never used public toilets since we were worried about hygiene with the advent of pay toilets those are taken care off too. The impact …
A bridge to acceptance
Dealing with disappointment, In 1993 when I started with my dental clinic I used to see, something like 10 patients a day, that was enormous, then I had to take 2yrs, break, with all challenges and relocating, to a new space, I lost my confidence in the place my practise was weaker it half, and …
shades of grey
One afternoon at canapé, It was our women’s evening out and the group consisted of women who are juggling young adult kids, busy career schedule, busier husband’s schedule, senior parents. It was meant to be an evening for us to relax and let our steam out. We had official husband bashing and issue bashing days. …
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 …
Wither dost thou wander?
Wither dost thou wander? http://www.firstpost.com/living/hyderabad-shame-how-the-media-framed-innocent-women-699360.html http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-15/people/38555281_1_footage-petition-channels Looks like we take the word revolution quite seriously. The police have turned perpetrator, the media turned vigilante, and the news reporters have taken investigative journalism to newer heights. Or maybe it is just creative writing There are a few law students from Hyderabad who are taking an online …
Little to celebrate about.
 January 26th 2013 is history, the annual republic day parade over. I don’t know if there was a presidential address, or a prime-minister’s talk, the ‘P’in both cases is deliberate, the offices have lost their sanctity. At our toastmasters meet the theme was Republic day what the Toastmaster of the day threw out introductions from …