Tag: women

  • 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…

  • Women Journalists of Kashmir.

    Women Journalists of Kashmir.

    Women Journalists of Kashmir. Sameer Yasir is a favourite writer of mine, and I like the way he thinks, this time round he shared the emerging women journalists of Kashmir. Here were some things that struck a chord. Emerging young women of Kashmir, something has changed in the valley, women are opting to be journalist…

  • World Hijaab Day

    image courtesy google My sister and I were in the Bombay local, it was just after Eid. Since my burn scars were visible I had taken to wearing the Hijaab.  Hijaab is the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women. At Dadar, a woman entered since it was a…

  • Rights of a Victim

    Rights of a Victim #knowYourRights Should sexual abuse be reported? I shall not give three reasons why they should because the reasons why they need not are also there. Amnesty claims only 1 in 100 sexual abuses get reported in India… well the statistics worldwide is not much different. so stop projecting the issue as…

  • 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?…

  • random thoughts on dharma

    Dharmasya charnam shreyah Dharmajnam tu dushkrama. The good and righteous follow the dharma but it is difficult to know what the dharma is. The keeper of dharma tend to become self righteous  such men are known as dharmadwaja these people on the face of it are vociferous keepers of dharma but their rigidity gives rise…