Nita’s question set me thinking…(see comment to post on domestic violence). She has asked if it would be nice if women were endowed with a sixth sense that they are walking into a death trap on the eve of the wedding. Wouldn’t they be able to walk out and save themselves? My question is…how many…
Month: October 2006
some more on domestic violence…
Recent news reports on the coming into force of the new law against domestic violence have praised the law as a step in the right direction. But the provisions of the said law make me wonder if it will actually prove detrimental, both to women’s welfare, and to the traditional institution of marriage. I may…
on domestic violence…
Tough new law protecting Indian women against domestic violence takes effectThe Associated Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006 NEW DELHI Men who beat, threaten or yell at their wives or live-in girlfriends could be jailed and fined under India’s first law specifically targeting the often-tolerated problem of domestic violence.The new law, which took effect Thursday, also…
My Flowers!!
It’s a beautiful day!
There!! It’s a beautiful day in Chennai once again. As I left home this morning, I found it really hard to believe that just 24 hours ago, the skies had opened up and it had rained cats and dogs. So much so that all of Chennai city was flooded with knee deep water. The stagnant…
on women’s lib
“Gone are the days when a woman sat reticently huddled in the corner of a room waiting for orders from the male chauvinists. Today, she is modern, yet with a traditional free thinking spirit and looks for challenges rather than wait for an opportunity to knock.She is ‘comfortably conservative’. She chooses to take on the…
A space of one’s own
there!! done it! i have finally got around to creating a blog!