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The Editor's Pick - sharing my favourite articles on Women's Web this month
Continuing the ‘Best of the month’ picks we began from February, here are some of my favourite pieces from Women’s Web for this month. Enjoy reading them if you haven’t before, and if you have, revisit and drop the writers a note on what you think!
A Son Like Krishna: An Indian mother on her journey to accepting her son as gay
Feeding the Thai Addiction: Love Thai food but hesitant to cook it at home? Fear not! Our resident foodie, Somali gives you a primer on cooking Thai food in an Indian kitchen
Why is Tuberculosis a gender issue? : A good read on how tuberculosis impacts women in India
Women in the Shadow of the Gun: An interview with Binalakshmi Nepram, who works with female survivors of violence in Manipur
A Janam within a Janam: Can a woman find freedom in a prison?
She must be black, no?: Possibly our most popular post this month, blogger Sunil reflects on his own marriage and the Indian marriage market
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Yuvaraj Shele, a small-time worker from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, did battle many odds and arranged for his mother Ratna’s wedding a few weeks ago. The main point that he put forth was that he felt his mother was lonely and saw the need for her to live happily.
A myth that goes without saying is that only a woman can understand another woman better. What happens when a man does understand what a woman goes through? Especially when the woman is his mother, that too when she is a widow?
This scene does remind of a few movies/web series where the daughter/son do realize their mother’s emotions and towards the end, they approve of their new relationship.
Just because they are married a husband isn’t entitled to be violent to his wife. Just because a man is "in love" with a woman, it doesn't give him a right to be violent.
Trigger Warning: This speaks of graphic details of violence against women and may be triggering for survivors.
Anger is a basic human emotion, just like happiness or being sad. One chooses his/her way of expressing that emotion. It is safe until that action stays within oneself.
What happens when that feeling is forced upon another? The former becomes the perpetrator, and the latter turns out to be the victim.
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