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  1. Sonia goes to jail

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    / June 5, 2011 / 3 Comments
    I knew the little story I wanted to tell hardly stood a chance with all national television channels obsessively focussing on the drama on Ramlila Grounds in Delhi, the night before and the morning after. And yet I knew that tell the story I must. Because the picture stayed in...

  2. Whose baby is she?

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    / June 2, 2011 / 3 Comments
    It is not so often that I feel shocked and close to tears during my reporting assignments. But on Thursday at the Nampally courts in Hyderabad when I saw Papalal burst out in anger and then break down, a defeated man, I felt it is not so easy to stand...

  3. Don’t give grain to your newborn girl

    Posted by kamal kamaraju
    / May 23, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Don’t drop me, 24″ X 32 “by Kamal Kamarajumix media on canvas (charcoal and acrylics)BE HER FRIEND @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Minnu/145325965540521   You sow and you reap. The grain is a celebration for many farmers. They provide food for the nation.   But did you know the same grain can also kill...

  4. `Your wife is naked’

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    / April 15, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir A socially conscious friend who has been a lecturer in a Christian college for women in Hyderabad for over 20 years says it is heartening that 75 per cent of her students now are Muslims girls. “More and more of them are also wearing the burqa,” she...

  5. Veiled bigotry

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    / April 12, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir A colleague whose wife, he says, grew up wearing short skirts to high school, now won’t step out of home without her burqa. They have two daughters. The elder one went to a Christian school. The younger one is going to a Deoband-run school. He says there...
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    Tagged bigotry, burqa, veil

  6. Coz love is worth it

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    / February 14, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir   I was a little surprised when Muthupandian stopped outside the creche and gesticulated to me, saying you go inside and see, I will join you a little later. He was escorting us around Ananda Illam, a home for children affected and infected by HIV on the...

  7. The battle of the same sex

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    / January 15, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By S V L Narayan   There’s an old story, unsubstantiated, I must admit, that tracks the happenings in the Adam and Eve household post marriage. Eve, it is believed, wasn’t too thrilled in setting up house while Adam went to work. Exasperated by Eve’s whining, Adam created out of...

  8. In Kerala, watch your jeans !

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    / December 20, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Wear ultra low-waist jeans in Kerala and you could be asking for trouble. Youngsters in Chavakkad in Kerala’s Thrissur district were booked by local cops citing “public nuisance” for “exposing” their undergarments. The police cited complaints by women, school authorities for their action. A police officer was quoted by local...

  9. To love a man, it’s not easy

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    / December 19, 2010 / 2 Comments
    Relationship status: It’s Complicated. When I see this status message on the Facebook page of several friends and acquaintances, I know there is a story there, some of which I may know, many of which I don’t know. But can it get more complicated than this, I wondered when I...

  10. Majority resist minority

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    / December 9, 2010 / Leave a comment
    By Uma Sudhir The protests were quite loud and vocal. And no one was feeling apologetic about it. “If they want to give legal rights, reservations and benefits to homosexuals, why don’t they nominate them to the legislative council or even to the Rajya Sabha or even make one of...
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    Tagged minority

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