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Let’s start by calling it Street Sexual Harassment
Illustration: Samia Singh If you are a woman reading this, raise your hand if you’ve never been groped, molested, whistled at, had lewd comments passed at you or stalked on the streets in India. I...
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Change your attitude, not just laws
Protesters make paintings at Jantar Mantar against the December gangrape. PTI photo All of a sudden, the nation’s newspapers are spilling over with reports of rapes almost compelling one to believe...
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The problem with patriarchy
In the wake of the rape protests lies this uneasy calm. Exhausted, defeated, the troops have fallen back into a weary pause. It is not the end of the objection to rape. It is not being okay with it, it...
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Decry Rape and Be Noticed
Angry protesters burn an effigy representing Hindu religious leader Asaram Bapu and Mohan Bhagwat, leader of RSS to condemn their remarks over the 23-yr-old gang-rape in New Delhi. PTI photo A recent...
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“The Indian Spring” does not exist
As Justice JS Verma Committee announced the results of its findings in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape case, the momentum of the movement, if you may, remains solid in the online world even as...
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Justice Verma Report – Taking it Step by Step
Justice JS Verma speaks during a press conference after submitting his committee’s report to the government in New Delhi on Wednesday. The committee was set up to recommend measures to improve laws...
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Suryanelli gangrape victim waits for justice eight years on
Protesters in Delhi demand justice for the Delhi gangrape victim. PTI photo There was no candle vigil to support her when she was gangraped by more than 40 men for over 40 days in different locations...
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Let’s break the silence
Last week, Human Rights Watch released an 82 page report titled “Breaking the Silence: Child Sexual Abuse in India.” The report states what we all know, but refuse to take seriously, that child sexual...
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New Law on ‘Trafficking’ Aims to Criminalise Demand
Photo Courtesy: snap-undp.org Trafficking in women and children is assuming huge proportions and the State is set to do what it does best…make another law! A government panel has suggested, besides...
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Being okay with child sexual abuse
Photo Courtesy: unicef.org/india It is no coincidence that the ordinance the government pulled out of its hat did not include child marriage. Child marriage is still quite prevalent in India, and it...
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Give us this day a harassment free commute
Illustration: Samia Singh Last week, I curated the @WeAreMumbai twitter account. Given that it was International Women’s Day on 8 March, I asked the residents of Mumbai, or at least those who followed...
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Rape and the media
Photo: Tehelka File Photos Rape is a weapon used to subjugate, to perpetrate hate, to force submission, to prove a point, to avenge, even satiate the need for retribution, however misplaced. In...
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When a child isn’t safe at home
Poster Courtesy: csaawarenessmonth.com What would call a father who rapes his own daughter? A monster? A pervert? A despicable human being? If news reports are anything to go by, the cases of such CSA...
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Rape rage: Here we go again
Illustration: Anand Naorem Four months after Nirbhaya, Delhi is on the boil again. The reason is similar – perhaps a lot more grotesque this time; but before you sharpen your pitchforks and vent your...
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Combating child sexual abuse
Acandle light vigit outside AIIMS hospital for the speedy recovery of the five-year old rape victim in New Delhi. PTI Photo A 5-year-old girl was out playing in Delhi, when she was kidnapped. Taken to...
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The tapestry of society
Illustration: Anand Naorem Something I was reading today triggered off what felt, at the moment, like a very important realisation. Everyone has been in a tizzy of anger since the gruesome rape of the...
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Rape: Moving beyond empty talk
Women protest against the recent rape of a minor girl near Parliament House in Delhi. PTI Photo A few of my male friends were sitting in a classy café. It was a routine gathering and the hot topic of...
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A woman is not required to enjoy sex in our collective definition
It is common to hear in protests that rape is not sex. Yet how true is it? Going by the literal meaning of sex, rape usually involves sex. Feminists tend to add the role of consent and in essence...
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Does porn cause rape?
As the voices get shrill over porn and prostitution, there needs to be a moment of sanity check. There are several schools of thought here, and the debate seems to be veering off topic yet again. In my...
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Barak Valley is becoming Assam’s rape capital. Is anyone taking notice?
The Nirbhaya gang rape case in New Delhi last year opened up the Pandora’s box. What followed the incident were a series of country wide protests, discussions and media campaigns. It was thought that...
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