Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Celebrating difference

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The Hindu, August 26, 2007 THE OTHER HALF Like thousands of others across the country, I too went to see the new hit film “Chak de India”. N...
Sunday, August 12, 2007

How 'independent' are we?

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The Hindu, August 12, 2007 THE OTHER HALF KALPANA SHARMA Just a fortnight before India turns 60 — an age that is supposed to signify maturit...
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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Be safe, don't exist

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The Hindu, July 29, 2007 The Other Half The Delhi police have given a new twist to the old tale of women’s safety in cities. In their desire...
Saturday, July 21, 2007

On hypocrisy

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I'm glad someone has finally written about the hypocrisy of the Indian media (read Barkha Dutt in Hindustan Times (July 21, 2007), the I...
Monday, July 16, 2007

Why Pooja got "mad"

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, July 15, 2007 THE OTHER HALF The Pooja Chauhan story has now become familiar to most people in India with access...
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Moving beyond symbols

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, July 1, 2007 THE OTHER HALF In the 60th year of India’s Independence, a woman becoming the President of India is...

Recipe for peace

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, June 17, 2007 THE OTHER HALF WAR always makes it to the front pages of newspapers. Peace also does, when there i...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

What happens when the water runs out?

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From The Hindu, May 8, 2007 THE POWER crisis in Maharashtra has occupied many column centimetres in local newspapers. Understandably so as w...
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Attacking real democracy

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The Hindu, May 6, 2007 The Other Half MORE than a million women are quietly working away and demonstrating a different form of governance...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

I stand vindicated

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With the recent news about the arrest of three IPS officers in Gujarat, charged with the murder of an individual in a fake "encounter...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

'Gendered' health

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THE OTHER HALF `Gendered' health KALPANA SHARMA HERE is the good news. There is a decent chance that Delhi will soon have a woman police...
Sunday, April 08, 2007

Survival tools

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HERE is a simple exercise that mothers can try with their daughters. Get your daughter to lie on her back on a big piece of paper and draw a...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

My take on banning sex education

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“Sex” is a dirty word in Maharashtra. “Sex Education” is even dirtier. Therefore, in its infinite wisdom, the Maharashtra government has d...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Of films and fatwas

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I realised today, February 28, when all anyone can think about is the Budget, that this blog has fallen into deep slumber. No postings! No...
Friday, December 08, 2006

Ray of hope

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The Other Half The Hindu Sunday Magazine (December 3, 2006) LAST month, a depressing story in a newspaper related how in Gorakhpur, Uttar P...

Why are Maharashtra's Dalits so angry?

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The Hindu (December 2, 2006) WHY DID Maharashtra burst into flames on Thursday following Dalit protests, almost without warning? To those w...

Before the year ends

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ulti khopdi I have been lazy about keeping this blog updated. One of the reasons is that there are not many who access the blog. Nor have ...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

A suggestion for Munnabhai

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Source: The Hindu The Other Half GANDHIGIRI has become the flavour of the month. All of a sudden, following the release of the immensely pop...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

Islands of despair

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Islands of despair KALPANA SHARMA IN every State in India, no matter how prosperous, there are islands of deprivation. Maharashtra is no exc...

Battling unjust laws

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THE OTHER HALF PRESIDENT Parvez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have called a temporary truce during their Havana meeting ...