Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian

Female shop assistants first made their appearance in Kurumbur bazaar after STD booths [phone booths] opened in this tiny town.
Before their advent, one did not see girls behind shop counters here. After all, this was rural Tamil Nadu, where the only two places women worked were either in the fields or as domestic help. [...]

It could not have been a more shameful ‘World tourism day’ for the Indians, that a German tourist was kidnapped from outside a plush five star hotel in the heart of Chandigarh and was raped and molested by six unidentified people.
Lakhs of tourists visit several parts of India every year. The Indian government may not [...]

The magic of Maya seems to have just begun as the Bahujan Samajwadi Party Supremo made her debut in the Forbes most powerful women in the World. The list of hundred includes three other Indians- Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
Mayawati may have not quite made it to the post of the prime [...]

In a landmark ruling by the Bombay High Court on Monday, the abortion plea of Haresh and Niketa Mehta was rejected. Niketa Mehta was twenty five weeks pregnant but the doctors had advised her that her to be child could face problems after birth.
But the ruling given by the High Court makes us question the [...]

A mob of 70-80 men groped and molested two young women for some 15 minutes on a busy main street in India. The police respond with: “Don’t blow it out of proportion, you are creating a mountain out of a molehill”
You type “Women Paraded Naked India” and you will get at least 10 pages with [...]

THE HAND that rocks the cradle, rules the world! Marilyn Monroe was asked how does she feel being a part of a man’s world. She said as long as I am a woman in it, I don’t see a problem. Alas, if she were an Indian girl, her reply would have been different.
Welcome to ‘Incredible [...]

DESPITE REPORTS of increasing incidents of rape of foreign tourists at popular tourist sites, there seems to be clear apathy towards the whole issue of tourist safety in India.
Already, several prominent countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada and France have issued warnings on the law and order situation here through the travel advisories they [...]

I found this article in Times of India.
A plastic surgeon accused of sexually assaulting his patients; a doctor charged with the rape of a 10-year-old; a mob stripping two women in public; a hotel owner held for raping a tourist; a Russian doctor molested and a UK tourist raped — all this in a span [...]

Anand Jon has been in solitary confinement in a Los Angeles Jail for months. Is he guilty of the sexual abuse allegations that he is facing? Or is he a victim of professional jeaolusy. The Indian Government should step in to help.

A national survey conducted by the All India Democratic Women’s Association reveals that the dowry system is widespread and has permeated every section of society.”Even as we did the survey, a very ordinary looking girl was beaten up with a spice-grinding machine. Her fault: she was not good-looking, nor did she bring enough dowry.”— from [...]