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This edition of the Women's Web Pick Of The Week is a celebration of women's courage and conviction
Rejecting the ‘ideal’ man, reporting from a war zone, re-creating menstrual solutions – all of these take guts. This edition of our weekly posts is a celebration of courage. And conviction.
A township on the Western Ghats runs purely on girl power.
“His rejection of Sita is almost universally condemned while her rejection of him is held up as an example of supreme dignity. By that act she emerges triumphant and supreme, she leaves a permanent stigma on Ram’s name.” – This version of Sita forsakes the hapless-victim-of-marital-abuse archetype to inspire emulation. (Hat Tip: An old post of IHM)
For introducing low-cost sanitary napkins, this gentleman deserves a powerful round of applause. (video)
“How do I cope with being on the fringes of being an Indian and an alien in a country that refuses to embrace me and my brethren on one hand and accuses me of being the great betrayer of a community that carries the angst of being discarded? – Chitra Ahanthem’s angst voices the collective experience of the North-east people in India.
“The typical adolescent search for independence and individuality while still seeking support and reassurance from her parents is beautifully portrayed in her confessions to her diary.” – A neat review of ‘Mayil Will Not Be Quiet’, teen fiction from the house of Tulika.
Misguided parenting, body image, childhood obesity – there are more issues than one here.
“Though my mother died when I was very young, there is one thing I learnt from her early on. In life, you can only be true to yourself. The rest be damned.” – A spunky newsmaker pays tribute to her iconic mother.
April being the CSAA month, there couldn’t be a more relevant post that asks, ““Why do we take all the pains to keep a pervert abuser masked? Why do we put the onus on ourselves to be alert and safe instead?”
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Rajshri Deshpande, who played the fiery protagonist in Trial by Fire along with Abhay Deol speaks of her journey and her social work.
Rajshri Deshpande as the protagonist in ‘Trial by Fire’, the recent Netflix show has received raving reviews along with the show itself for its sensitive portrayal of the Uphaar Cinema Hall fire tragedy, 1997 and its aftermath.
The limited series is based on the book by the same name written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost both their children in the tragedy. We got an opportunity to interview Rajshri Deshpande who played Neelam Krishnamoorthy, the woman who has been relentlessly crusading in the court for holding the owners responsible for the sheer negligence.
Rajshri Deshpande is more than an actor. She is also a social warrior, the rare celebrity from the film industry who has also gone back to her roots to give to poverty struck farming villages in her native Marathwada, with her NGO Nabhangan Foundation. Of course a chance to speak with her one on one was a must!
“What is a woman’s job, Ramesh? Taking care of parents-in-law, husband, children, home and things at work—all at the same time? She isn’t God or a superhuman."
The arrays of workstations were occupied by people peering into their computer screens. The clicks of keyboard keys were punctuated by the occasional footsteps moving around to brainstorm or collaborate with colleagues in their cubicles. Most employees went about their tasks without looking at the person seated on either side of their workstation. Meenakshi was one of them.
The thirty-one-year-old marketing manager in a leading eCommerce company in India sat straight in her seat, her eyes on the screen, her fingers punching furiously into the keys. She was in a flow and wanted to finish the report while the thoughts and words were coming effortlessly into her mind.
Natu-Natu. The mellifluous ringtone interrupted her thoughts. She frowned at her mobile phone with half a mind to keep it ringing until she noticed the caller’s name on the screen, making her pick up the phone immediately.
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