ANOU’S BLOG
Affirmative Action
Life is full of synchronicity. Three totally unrelated events occurred almost simultaneously. Whilst reading Chetan Bhagat's What Young India Wants I stumbled upon his take on the 3 traits that are responsible for all that is wrong in our country. Servility that...
Quality education desi style
When 2% of class VII students cannot read capital letters in English you need to get terribly concerned. But does one? Sadly not because that 2% is not our child or the child of somebody we may know. However the writing is on wall. The ASER (Annual Status of...
The trophy ad
For the past weeks I have been silently watching the ludicrous, absurd, idiotic, inane, nonsensical - and I could use all the synonyms possible - remarks of our politicians, religious leaders, administrators and let us not forget our so called protectors aka policemen...
there are three fingers pointing back to you
When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you goes the saying. The recent statement made by the brave young man accompanying the one India calls braveheart raises a few disturbing questions that we need to answer honestly if we want to...
Homeless in the capital city
The past weeks has seen a city angry and outraged at the brutal and reprehensible assault on a young woman. One wonders what made this rape awaken our frozen consciences and come out of our convenient and self induced torpor. Rapes are not new. In fact there is a rape...
Enough is enough
Enough is enough! I have kept quiet for far too long. It is time I reclaimed every right that has been usurped from me. I do not want to be killed in the womb just because I am a girl. I want my birth to be celebrated and feted. I have the right to the same education,...
2013 dawns
This is perhaps the first time that I am at a loss of words to usher a new year. Normally one is filled with hope and dreams and resolutions. But this year seems different as it has placed on our shoulders responsibilities we all have been shirking for far too long....
Project Why – Panorama 2012
2012 is coming to a close. It is time to reflect and ponder about the year gone and ask one's self as candidly as possible whether we really walked the talk. 2012 was pwhy's 12th year on the field, more than ample time to make the difference we set out to make more...
yes I am dented and painted – and
Yes I, the Indian woman, am dented and painted but not in the manner you politicians think! I am dented - and here I would like to use the verb 'dent' in its meaning 'diminished'- from the very moment I am conceived. Even as I entered my mother's womb, I knew everyone...
RIP dear child….may your death not be in vain
Rest in peace dear child.. you whose name we do not know but who has become our very own.I know you are in a much better place, a place where you can roam free and safe, a place where you can walk at night without fear, a place where you can soar free and see all your...
Theek nahin hai – It is not OK
Since last week concerned citizens, students, women, children, senior citizens gathered around India gate and then decided to move towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to voice their anger, concern, hurt, indignation and outrage at the horrific incident that occurred a few days...
We have cried for far too long
If there was an Oscar for insensitivity, I am certain Delhi Police would have won it hands down! It was a huge shock to hear, on the much awaited press conference of the Delhi Police Commissioner and the Home secretary, praise for the police for having cracked the...