Trending ‘nirbhaya’
By Yogini Deshpande On Saturday, January 9th, 2016
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Feminist and Media Discourse on Rape Protects Rapists

A group of friends whose friendship is thicker than blood set out on a road trip. Sometime during the trip one of the men sexually abuses and rapes one of the females in the group. If you happen to be one of the More...

By Dr. Krishen Kak On Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
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Britain’s Daughters and America’s Daughters

A foreigner-made documentary called “India’s Daughter” is much in the news.  What is clear is that the Government of India supported and cooperated in its production on the express understanding that the More...

By Sankrant Sanu On Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
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Cultural stereotypes, rapes, and German cannibalism

Note: I posted the following letter on Twitter, as a satirical response to stereotyping about Indian men by a German professor, who was supported by German media.  Disclaimer: This is satire about stereotyping. More...

Richard Dawkins
By Kalavai Venkat On Monday, March 9th, 2015
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India’s Daughter and Richard Dawkins’ Racism

The BBC documentary India’s Daughter announces that every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India. It characterizes Indian society as inherently patriarchal and misogynistic. We shouldn’t tolerate a single incident More...

Love Jihad
By Neha Srivastava On Monday, October 27th, 2014
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Combating Love Jihad: Social and legal perspectives

Ever since the gang-rape case of a 20 year-old girl from Sarawa village of Distt Meerut who was allegedly abducted, raped and forcibly converted to Islam came into light, the political environment of India is heating More...