Could Samskara be an answer to #MeToo?
Of late, several personalities from the world of media, comedy, film and journalism have been outed on social media with the hashtag #MeToo for their atrocious behavior towards women[1]. This recent exposé is not More...
Dangerous country or dangerous study?
The Reuters Foundation (taken over by Thomson Corporation in 2008 and thus renamed as the Thomson Reuters Foundation) was established to “raise the standards in journalism worldwide through media training and More...
Rape culture of White Christian countries
Scope of the Problem Violence against women and girls are very serious crimes. They pose a major public health problem and are a gross violation of women’s human rights. The United Nations definition describes More...
Hypocrisy: Scream Rape if Hindu, Blessings if Christian
When Asaram Bapu was sentenced to life after allegations against him were proven in court, headlines the next day from some of the self-proclaimed major newspapers were as follows: Time of India: For raping 16-year-old More...
Yogic response to sexual violation
Just a few months back we saw the explosive ‘Me-too’ movement that came out in the open to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual harassment and assault in the workspace all over the world. There were More...
Padmavat: Jauhar, Rights, Liberty and Values
In a recent article by Swara Bhaskar “At The End of Your Magnum Opus… I Felt Reduced to a Vagina – Only”, she criticizes the act of Jauhar and terms it disgraceful and against women rights. She casts doubt More...
Terror Unlimited: The Staggering Loot and Lust of Alauddin Khilji
Until the arrival of Alauddin Khilji (1250-1316), no foreign ruler had looted southern India of its wealth which had accumulated for centuries. According to contemporary travellers like Marco Polo and historians More...
Examining the West’s culture of rape
This article is written with the intent of identifying a serious problem afflicting the West and recommending the means by which the West could once again become safe for women. Catholic priests and Protestant pastors More...
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...
India’s Daughter: A Reader’s Response
To The Editor IndiaFacts Dear Sir I am attaching a letter on the aforesaid subject matter of your article titled India’s Daughter and Richard Dawkins’ Racism. If possible, please publish the same in your web-site More...