women’s rights

3 dads (racism, communalism, greed), 600 orphans

After reports that children from Bihar and Jharkhand were taken to Kerala orphanages, the author argues racism between Indians is widespread, that even progressive Kerala is not immune, and that…

Brown Pundits Archive5 July 20140 comments
Sarees are beautiful (but no forcing)

Welcoming a court ruling that forcing a wife to wear a saree instead of kurta and jeans can amount to cruelty, the post calls it a blow to patriarchy and…

Brown Pundits Archive29 June 20140 comments
Heart for Hvovi (in 13 min 22 sec)

On a heart delivered across Chennai in 13 minutes by a ‘green corridor’ for a transplant patient, the post celebrates cooperation, says ideological fights are silly since a Hindu heart…

Brown Pundits Archive17 June 20140 comments
“Rape is …the end of our future”

After the Badaun killings, the poster urges readers to fund village toilets through Sulabh International, and posts a Dawn column by Anwar Iqbal framed as a conversation between a king…

X.T.M1 June 20140 comments
India- A Nutritional Basket Case

Quotes an analysis calling India a nutritional basket case, with nearly every second child stunted, blaming crowding and poor sanitation, a cereal-heavy food policy and the low social status of…

Brown Pundits Archive21 May 20140 comments
Hold the vermillion (start with court marriages)

After a Bollywood singer’s arrest on a rape charge, the poster urges women to insist on court marriage and argues civil law is supreme. It criticises conservative Muslim opposition to…

Brown Pundits Archive9 May 20140 comments
Maoists driven back (by women voters)

A comment with a news extract on record turnout in Chhattisgarh, with women voters prominent, despite a Maoist boycott call; the poster says democracy needs devolution and fair delivery of…

Brown Pundits Archive30 April 20140 comments
Sindh celebrates the girl child (and humanity)

The poster welcomes the Sindh Assembly’s bill banning marriage under 18, the first such provincial law, praising its sponsors, and cautions that tight enforcement and community leaders’ support are needed;…

Brown Pundits Archive28 April 20140 comments
Be glad you are not a gal (in Senegal)

A report on a ten-year-old Senegalese girl forced to continue a pregnancy after rape, which the poster sets against India’s own dangers for girls, with a warning against the state…

Brown Pundits Archive4 April 20140 comments
Sunanda Pushkar: foul play confirmed

A note on reports that the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of minister Shashi Tharoor, was foul play, with the poster’s speculation about motive and a linked piece on responses…

Brown Pundits Archive24 March 20140 comments