Howrah Bridge, 6 PM in the evening. She stood there, watching the sundown. Dimness of the dying sun was falling on the Ganges; therefore creating a beautiful foreplay of colors. She stared at the magic with eyes full of hymn, but her mind was somewhere else. “I hope I didn’t hurt maa too much. She is too afraid at times”- she murmured to herself. That afternoon she ran out … [Read more...]
Why Is It So Important To Have A Baby Boy?
On an evening when I came back from my college, I found my mother sitting in the neighborhood, I just went there to know what is the matter and asked my sister in law what happened and why she looks ill. She replied in a low and husky voice, “beta I just had an abortion”. I asked what happened. The answer I got was, "because she was a girl ". I asked “so?” My grandmother … [Read more...]
This is what it takes! A girl teaches a perfect lesson to her molester that he will never forget.
Being silent towards wrong-doing is an equivalent to being part in it. Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Be the change you wish to see". If you want to see the society fight against crimes, fight against any wrong doing, then you should take the first step, others will definitely follow. In this video, while this girl was going through a crowded market, she was molested by someone. … [Read more...]
81 lakh boys are never going to get married in India – The curious case of India’s missing girls
Sex ratio has always been a problem in India. The number of girls always lags in comparison to the number of boys. And no matter how much aware we think our society has become, there is still long way to go when it comes to fixing the gender ratio. It is this kind of imbalance which causes so many other problems in our society. Even vice versa of it can be considered as … [Read more...]
‘Doing it like a girl’ is not an insult: A video thrashing the idea of women being the weaker sex
Gender stereotypes have been the crushing the bones of our society since ages and even today I don’t think we can look past it. Women are still being treated as the weaker sex. Whenever it comes to doing something important or taking crucial decisions, men are being preferred over women. Though our society claims to give same importance to both the sexes but does it actually … [Read more...]