Women's Rights and Gandhi
A brutal gang rape of a nun in Kandhamal, a suicide of a ninth standard student in the face of constant harassment in Jalgaon, a journalist shot dead in her car on her way home in Delhi…Incidents of violence faced by countless women daily. In these relentless times, peace and non-violence become quaint words of a man long gone. Political gain overrides peace; intolerance and fear go hand-in-hand. Geeta Mahajan, an activist who has worked on women's human rights for the past few decades speaks about these very threats to women's rights, communalism, violence, peace and Gandhi to Sajana Jayaraj. Read On...
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Ek Packet Umeed, refreshing!
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Doc Speak
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| Just Femme's very own Couch Potato (CP) starts of her monthly "TV watch" column with NDTV Imagine's 'Ek Packet Umeed'. She is not your average couch potato who sits on the couch with a pack of chips and surfs through channels aimlessly. She plans her television viewing very meticulously. Read On... | Pregnancy is no doubt a joyous phase in a woman's life. But it is also the time to take that extra effort to keep oneself healthy. Dr Madhuri Vaidyeswar discusses some of the common health issues pregnant women face and some simple steps to take to avoid any complications. Read On... | |
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She-lf Space
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Caught In The Pink Tide!
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| Indian women may have found desi style guide books on the travails of singlehood and finding love with the Indian Chick Lit genre picking up steam. Padmalatha Ravi reports. Read on... | While lamenting the onslaught of the colour pink, Savitha V takes a look into the evolution of the colour's association with gender. Read on... |
Why Blame The Victim?
Soumya Vishwanathan, a 25-year-old TV journalist is shot dead at 3.30 AM in Delhi. The police have no clue what could have happened, no eye witnesses have come up, so far and just about everything is speculation… I feel shock and dismay at the pretty young thing’s murder. Read More on Rohini's blog...
How Safe Are Women On Our Streets?
The blame game has begun in the journalist murder case. Just Femme asked some of the working journalists on what they thought about it. Here are some of the responses. Read on...
