When Manto never leaves us…..
Source: Iqbal Hussain by: Swati Parashar I stare at the phone yet again, looking at the messages we have exchanged during the last few weeks. It seems like a […]
Category Archives: Global
On Violence: a call toward absolute vulnerability
The promise of absolute vulnerability Elina Penttinen I have had the pleasure to engage in conversations with feminist IR scholars, who are passionate about studying women, violence and war. In […]
Rape, Murder and Juvenile (In)justice
The much awaited verdict in the 16 December 2012, Delhi gang rape case was delivered yesterday by a juvenile court. The youngest accused of rape and murder, declared juvenile, by […]
Femicide in Italy : Who’s the Provocateur?
Fabiana Luzzi Guest Post by Catia C. Confortini On 25 May 2013, the remains of 15 year-old Italian girl were found just outside Corigliano Calabro, a small town in the southern Italian […]
Our choice? or her choice? The curious case of Angelina Jolie
A medical colleague recently did a spot check on my current affairs with the following question, “Have you heard about Angelina?” I had. “Then you are not a complete hermit.” […]
A Summer of Mis-romance: On Complicity and Intimate Violence
I don’t like it when you break me honey Why’d you have to do that? Tell me when you make these tears keep fallin’ Do you feel like a […]
Journalistic Debauchery
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 […]
Relentless
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 […]
Retrospective wisdom
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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