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Tomorrow is another day

March 24, 2013by lotusfeet2013 3 Comments

Almost a decade ago, when I was 18, I was gang raped by seven men in a moving vehicle. When I came back home, it took me three days to […]

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Self

Journalistic Debauchery

March 20, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

Early morning logged into facebook (terrible habit I know!) to see my newsfeed about a case of polyandry (woman with multiple ‘husbands’/not partners) from India, reported in the British tabloid […]

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Global

Silence & Sabotage : 2

March 20, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

PART 2 of an exploration into the role of women within the family circle in being both active and passive perpetrators of abuse. Through complicity there is acceptance. The Sister As […]

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Family

Silence & Sabotage : 1

March 19, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

Part 1 of an exploration on the role of women within the family circle in being both active and passive perpetrators of abuse. Through complicity there is acceptance. The Mother […]

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Family

After the fall

March 19, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

I start this journey seven years later, wiser, and instilled with a hope that a greater purpose lays ahead for me. The past few years have been a revelation in […]

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Self

“You have everything” ?

March 17, 2013by lotusfeet2013 6 Comments

You have everything. You grew up in a good (great) neighbourhood (and you didn’t even know it then). Your parent’s were supportive (if you ignore the old fashioned European 1960s […]

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Community

Relentless

March 16, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

It never ends, does it? Logged into Indian news today. 5 main page news items had to do with violence  against women: gang rape, sexual harassment, girls being sold to […]

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Global

Reality-check

March 16, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

I picked up a newspaper the other day. A specialized print for the Indian community group, printed especially for its particular audience to cater to their needs and issues, and […]

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Community

Regrets

March 16, 2013by lotusfeet2013 1 Comment

There is a woman who paints a familiar figure in my minds eye. In her late twenties, cooking a morning breakfast in her kurta with her 18-month-old toddler playing around […]

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Self

Retrospective wisdom

March 14, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

If everyone around you is having negative feelings and vibes about the guy / girl, it is most probably because they are right. There is no rush, no matter what he […]

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