Captain Radhika Menon becomes the first woman to receive the award for Exceptional Bravery at sea, challenging the stereotype that bravery is only associated with men. In June last year, seven fishermen were on a fishing boat ‘Durgamma’ that was caught in a storm after enduring engine failure and loss of anchor. The boat had drifted from …
This true story of how Canadians helped a Syrian family reinforces the belief that kindness and humanity still exist. Most of us would have watched the recent Bollywood movie, Airlift. Who can forget the ordeal of families struggling to leave behind a disturbed country, where they have been living for years to seek refuge in a safer place. …
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Pavan Amara, Founder of the ‘My Body Back’ project is a rape survivor. She’s transforming the lives of such women in the United Kingdom. Here’s how. “If you relax it’ll be over with quicker,” sounds like something natural a healthcare professional would tell a pregnant woman in a hospital. But for a woman who has heard …
In a landmark judgment by the Supreme court, a rape survivor was allowed to abort her 24-week foetus. Here’s more about the abortion laws. The petitioner from Mumbai had challenged Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971. As per the provisions of the Act, an abortion is allowed only if the pregnancy is …
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By creating powerful characters like’ Moana’, Disney is setting a trend of creating role models that focus on independence and self discovery for the youth. When I was a child I used to think that I will grow up into an exquisite beauty and a prince will fall in love with me and we would …
Disney’s Upcoming Movie ‘Moana’ Tells Us We Don’t Need Prince Charming! Read More »
Every woman has a journey and a story to tell. ‘Walking towards ourselves’ is a kaleidoscope of such journeys capturing the experiences of women of myriad ages, social and financial backgrounds in India. Edited by Catriona Mitchell, and compiling short stories by eighteen contemporary female authors, the book entails diverse perspectives on issues woman face …
An Indian daughter-in-law today is no longer willing to do everything and anything that her in-laws want her too. It is time the in-laws and husbands realized this. Experiences shared by several readers, friends and some memories from what seems like another life have compelled me to write this article. In India, a lot of …
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Widespread outrage ensued after news of a Dalit girl from Kerala being forced to drink phenyl emerged. Is this true education in our colleges? In a shocking and gruesome incident, a nursing student is in a critical state after being forced to drink toilet cleaning fluid, as part of alleged ragging by her female seniors at a college …
In so many parts of India, a woman is easily labelled a witch. Why are women soft targets? Read to know more. We may have heard stories of witches and disregarded them as folklore. But ‘witches’ are a reality in rural India, where superstition is easier to come by than education and medical science may be conceived as a …
The Indian Woman Is Easily Labelled A Witch Or A Savitri. Do You Agree? Read More »
A mother looks at raising a son who will become a man with the right values, while hiding from him the truth of his birth to protect him. He has my eyes Almond-shaped and blue, And a smile so soft Like the morning dew. He holds my finger With a trust so deep, A miracle …