Posted in Freedom of Choice, arranged marraige, dowry, tagged arranged marriage, astrology, casteism, dowry divorce, india, outsourced on December 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This is a clip from the 2006 film ‘Outsourced’. While not surprising that the issue of arranged marriage was discussed in the movie, i do find it remarkable that it was a woman taking the role.
A few things to point out in this 1:11 minute dialogue:
“I’ll Learn to Love him”
First comes [...]
Posted in dowry, tagged dowry, india, snake charmers on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nine Snakes or the Wedding’s Off
‘Age-old rituals’ trump government bans on many practices in india, including dowry, the use of ultrasound to determine the sex of a child, child marriage, and this practice, the demand for nine snakes in order to marry.
The bans are on paper only, not enforced, so [...]
Posted in 50 million missing, dowry, female foeticide, female infanticide, sex selection, skewed sex ratio, women's issues, tagged 50 million missing, Amartya Sen, Calcutta, dissent, dowry murders, female feoticide, female infanticide, gender preference, genocide, india, misogyny, rita banerji, Vandana Shiva on April 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Rita Banerji is founder and chief administrator of the on-line international campaign 50 MILLION MISSING
A trained conservation biologist and ecologist, most of her work is women-focused.
Under the directive of Dr. Vandana Shiva, Rita worked on an ecological project for Chipko – a rural women’s grassroots movement in India – examining the role the local [...]
Posted in dowry, female foeticide, female infanticide, tagged Calcutta, dowry murders, female feoticide, female infanticide, femicide, freedom, jewels, Lajja on April 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In Calcutta, every few meters on the boulevard, are signs fastened to metal poles and scores of bigger-than-life billboards featuring glamorous women highly decorated in jewels and gold.
Their alluring smiles and ecstatic countenance as if to display a sense of happiness, fulfillment, makes me wonder what would happen if those signs were replaced with [...]
Posted in dowry, tagged delhi, dowry, india, support, survivor on January 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
At the close of this year I’d like to take the opportunity to thank you my readers for your support, encouragement, comments, and e-mails. Despite the laxity in my posting, your support truly inspires me in my work.
The paucity of posts is largely due to readying for my trip to India, commencing on January 8. [...]
Posted in 50 million missing, dowry, female foeticide, female infanticide, tagged 50 million missing, dowry, female feoticide, genocide, india, infanticide, rita banerji on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rita Banerji, a freelance writer and photographer based in Calcutta, India, initiated the 50 MILLION MISSING campaign in December 2006. Rita’s campaign, which currently has 1,426 members, is on the website Flickr, offering members the opportunity to submit their photographs of women to be used as part of the campaign. There is also an ongoing [...]
Posted in arranged marriage, dowry, tagged arranged marriage, dowry, female feoticide on November 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I recently signed up to receive google alerts on arranged marriage, dowry, and female feoticide. When articles are posted to the net, google sends me an e-mail with links to them. Everyday, I receive several articles on the aforementioned topics, an indication of how the problem of dowry related death and foeticide is growing in [...]
Posted in dowry, female foeticide, skewed sex ratio, women politicians, tagged dowry, female foeticide, india, int'l. womens day, national girl child day, renuka chowdury, skewed sex ratio, sonia gandhi, women politicians on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has shot down Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Renuka Chowdhury’s plan to celebrate November 9 as ‘national girl child day’. Reason: November 9 is Sonia Gandhi’s birthday.
In a bid to highlight the issues concerning the girl child, like female feticide, higher malnourishment among them and discrimination, the WCD Ministry proposed [...]
Posted in child marriage, dowry, tagged arranged marriage, dowry, economy, Nagwa, Varanasi on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is an excerpt from a meeting I had with a family in Nagwa, the slum area of Varanasi. I was speaking to Rakesh, the younger brother of Rani. He told me the story of his sister Rani, and her (failed) marriage that was arranged for her when she was 15.
In this part of [...]
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