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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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He said that he needed sometime to himself. I waited for him as any other woman would have done, and I gave him his space, I didn't want to be the clingy one.
Trigger Warning: This deals with mental trauma and depression, and may be triggering for survivors.
I am someone who believes in honesty and trust, I trust people easily and I think most of the times this habit of mine turns into bane.
This is a story of how a matrimonial website service turned into a nightmare for me, already traumatized by the two relationships I’ve had. It’s a story for every woman who lives her life on the principles of honesty and trust.
And when she enters the bedroom, she sees her husband's towel lying on the bed, his underwear thrown about in their bathroom. She rolls her eyes, sighs and picks it up to put in the laundry bag.
Vasudha, age 28 – is an excellent dancer, writer, podcaster and a mandala artist. She is talented young woman, a go getter and wouldn’t bat an eyelid if she had to try anything new. She would go head on with it. Everyone knew Vasudha as this cheerful and pretty young lady.
Except when marriage changed everything she knew. Since she was always outdoors, whether for office or for travelling for her dance shows, Vasudha didn’t know how to cook well.
Going by her in-laws definition of cooking – she had to know how to cook any dishes they mentioned. Till then Vasudha didn’t know that learning to cook was similar to getting an educational qualification. As soon as she entered the household after her engagement, nobody was interested what she excelled at, everybody wanted to know – what dishes she knew how to cook.