Around 40 goons of the ‘Sri Ram Sene’ entered a pub, assaulted people there, dragged women by the hair, molesting them and lifting up their blouses and skirts.
They claimed to be righteous defenders of ‘Indian morality,’ incensed by ‘women boozing’ and ‘pub culture.’ Since these scenes came to people’s notice through national TV, there [...]
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Women’s freedom, not ‘pub culture,’ is their target…
Posted in I protest, feminism, tagged Bajrang Dal, BJP, feminism, Mangalore pub incident, pub culture, Sangh Parivar outfits, Sri Ram Sene, Sri Ram Sene Chief PV Muthalik, State Women's Commission, women boozing, Women's freedom, women's rights on February 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Working women – the misdirected criticism
Posted in feminism, tagged feminism, working women, housework, traditional women, women at work, women at home on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I get so uncomfortable when people ask my salary or my husband’s salary. But sometimes I do give an answer instead of being evasive, if the questioner is genuinely concerned about our welfare.
When they hear that my husband is making a decent sum of money, the next question immediately is “Why are you working?” I [...]
