Does Being A Woman Have To Be A Fight?
Since the Shakti Mills gangrape incident hit headlines, my sense of self has been shaken up badly. How can I be a person when being a woman means living in fear?
Since the Shakti Mills gangrape incident hit headlines, my sense of self has been shaken up badly. How can I be a person when being a woman means living in fear?
The man I called ‘Mr.Everyday’ broke my heart and other things.
One week since this happened. The media has its baby for the fortnight or so. TV is gruesome entertainment with politico-types competing, reality-show like to see who can say the most outrageous/stupid/TRP-generating things. How has real life been for the regular Mumbaiker? I can tell you how mine has been….
Mumbai, masquerading as the exception in a country that boasts of daughter-in-law burning, honor killing, female infanticide and as of December, gang-rapes in metros, has been outed.
Last week, Jiah Khan was found hanging in her apartment. The story continues to unravel like a formulaic film, complete with villains and plot turns.
The next time you hear about a victim of abuse and think of her (or him) as weak, think again. Violence is so much more complex than you know.