Social networking media provides a mask. A facade behind which you can hide yourself and project your identity as you wish. In the security of being invisible, moral policing in the cyber world continues in India without anyone particularly paying attention. Be it a photograph of a child, a young girl, revenge porn or pictures of film stars, people do not hesitate before … [Read more...]
Abusive Relationship Among Teenagers – Just When You Thought You Had Your Life Figured Out
“OH MY GOD! Did you see how sexy XYZ was looking today in his basketball uniform?” “I know right! How does he get to be so gorgeous man?” Does this conversation sound vaguely familiar to you? It does, doesn’t it? This is probably what your average high school girl talk and giggles would have sounded like as you would have spend the night over or talk on the phone or over … [Read more...]
What This Girl Did To Escape From Her Abusive Parents Is Not What An 8 Year Girl Ever Does!
A silent eight-year-old Samantha was alone at her house and was waiting for her parents to return home from the clinic. She always wanted to look into her mother’s desk to know what the mother had stored in it. But she remembered how she was spanked and hit when she took out Crayola markers from her mother’s desk without seeking permission. So, Samantha lay on the floor, still … [Read more...]
Wrapped in the darkness of poor life, this is the story of a maid which will stun you
It’s not every day when I sit down to listen to my mom’s conversation with our maid, which is more or less the same each day. But things went a little differently that day. I was sitting down in front of my mom, getting my hair oiled as the maid settled down just a few feet away from me, eating her chapattis. Her name is Suneeta. She started the conversation by asking my … [Read more...]