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Sohanlal Valmiki: The forgotten rapist
“𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚”, he gestured. I heard when she died. How couldn’t I? I had been praying for her recovery. 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐚. 𝐀𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐚. I completely comprehend what I have done. I don’t wish to live anymore,” Sohanlal Valmiki says, staring lifelessly in the darkness. (Source: India Today) What remarkably ironic…
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Aruna Shanbaug, Crime against women, Passive Euthanasia, Rape and assault, The Supreme Court verdict
Have you forgotten Aruna Shanbaug?
The 42-year-old battle with survival, sheer distress, justice, and life. A nurse who medicated the ailing bodies, who pampered the stinging cries, couldn’t foresee the bed that was calling her. On November 27, 1973, a heinous episode left her blind-to not catch a glimpse of her tomorrow again, left her deaf-to not get wind of…
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“No” is a decision. “Yes” is a responsibility
Not performing something at all will constantly be faster than actually performing it. The same principle exercises in other areas of life. The motive is not inclined towards never attending another meeting, but the truth is that we say tend to say yes to innumerable things we don’t actually want to do. Is it not so?…
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What happens when women are bold?
BOLD adj. Brave/Spirited; Synonyms: Strength, Resilience, Audacious, Forward When a woman bangs the road ahead of her boundaries, and aims to undertake professions that males have set foot on, drives risks and works with courage, she is bold. When she’s able to stand all alone at any cost, when the question is of her rights…
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The closet of a woman’s body is not a workplace
One of the greatest compelling fables about prostitution is that it is the most aged profession. Feminist abolitionists who long for a forever and a day end to the sex trade, call it the oldest cruelty and injustice and combat the assumption that prostitution is merely a job like any other. Trafficking of women into New Zealand into illegal and…
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Do I have the liberty to Not Have Sex?
Talking about the willingness for sex or the unwillingness for sex in this current modernized generation is not much of a shame and a big deal I believe and hence keeping in mind the casual response and giggles towards conversations on having sex, I’ll be talking about the not so casual response towards the choice…
About Me
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