British woman tells of humiliation by Indian court

A British woman who came to India to work for a charity developing women’s rights has told how she was humiliated in court and broke down after accusing a plumber of trying to rape her.
Kaya Eldridge, a graduate of the London School of Economics, has made a formal complaint to the Chief Justice of the [...]

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What Do Women Want?

Some time ago, a reader had sent in thislink to a New York Times article on sexual desire in women-I’m very late posting the link.
Here it is: What Do Women Want?
As expected, it’s complicated, but very interesting.

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Because these Senas are just pants

I will be sending a pink chaddi to the Shri Ram Sene via my sister-in-law, R1, who is in India. Join the campaign
Hope we can have campaigns against all the Senas of the Shiv, Navnirman variety.

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Left, Right, Centre, Pseudo-Secular: The Mangalore Pub Incident

In the aftermath of the attack on the women in the pub in Mangalore, there have been some blog posts and articles protesting against the “secular” media’s characterisation of the Ram Sene as a Hindu Taliban, and of what happened as the “Talibanisation” of India. According to one blogger, the “liberal left” have gone into [...]

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The Survivors’ View on Domestic Violence

Recently Terri’s Mom wrote a post Potable Poison describing the sadness of seeing men drink themselves to death in India and the suffering of their wives, who are at the receiving end of a lot of abuse. The Mad Momma also had a post on Domestic Violence.
The question arises, time and again, “why do [...]

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