New Delhi: Seema, a husband and father of two, gets ready for another night of work on the streets of New Delhi, placing two halves of a yellow sponge ball into empty bra cups. The 33-year-old then plucks out the stubble on his chin, applies foundation from a pink heart-shaped make-up box and combs his chin-length black hair in front of a large mirror. Seema is transgender, one of hundreds...
11:58 AM, May 17, 2012
In a recent moment of either enthusiasm or desperation, Principal of St Stephen's College, Delhi University, Valson Thampu proposed 40% reservation for male students at ...
06:53 PM, May 10, 2012
Thanks to Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate', the spirited discussions and even outrage have not stopped since Sunday morning when the inaugural episode on female infanticide was first telecast. While Khan himself met Rajastan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to petition his government to act against the social menace, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday terminated the license of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres in order to check the Sex...
05:30 PM, May 09, 2012
The new Aamir Khan show 'Satyamev Jayate' has once again ignited the debate on the female infanticide in the country, especially in the north, which is also called the Hindi belt. The opening episode of the show had mothers from different parts of rural and urban India talking about the pressure and the problems they faced for delivering a girl child. "If Partition was the silent holocaust, foeticide is our...
01:24 PM, May 07, 2012
BANGALORE: Men will be men. It is better if that was the case. In every city of the country, there are pretentious reasons to survive, especially for men... many work, some beg, some pray, some dress. Yes, dress to earn. Although, an unorganised group, the Hijras of Bangalore seem to be actually men, deliberately hiding behind a feminine fabric to escape from the daily grind of hard work. Now, whether...
09:22 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Miss Universe pageant is changing its rules and will allow transgender women to take part in all of its competitions starting in 2013, the organization and gay rights group GLAAD said on Tuesday. Tuesday's decision follows a media outcry over the disqualification of Canadian contestant Jenna Talackova from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a 'naturally born female.' Talackova 23, who underwent gender...
06:43 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Hardoi: A newborn baby girl was found abandoned near the railway tracks near Sandila Railway Station in Hardoi, the third such case involving baby girls this week. The girl was found lying near the railway tracks on Thursday morning, RPF sub-inspector S K Singh said. He said the girl was admitted to a community health centre in Sandila where doctors have described her as healthy. Earlier, this week two baby...
12:02 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Just a few days after a couple from Jodhpur in Rajasthan abandoned their baby girl, a father allegedly blinded by superstition, assaulted his six-month pregnant wife with an iron rod that resulted in a miscarriage. The 30-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh lived to tell the tale of horror unleashed by her husband and his family. Six months into her pregnancy, she was brutalised by her husband with an...
09:36 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Commenting on the Andhra Pradesh forced abortion incident, NCW Chairperson Mamata Sharma said that the 'baba' who ordered the act should be held. ...
01:34 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Hyderabad: In a brutally shocking incident, a man in Guntur district along with his parents, allegedly beat up his six-month pregnant wife with an iron rod on the stomach causing her to undergo a miscarriage on Sunday. Police say the family, blinded by superstition and faith in a baba, believed that she was pregnant with a girl child and hence decided to terminate the pregnancy. The victim claims that this...
12:09 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Mexico City: The head of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, said political parties that failed to abide by gender equality rules in selecting candidates for the July general elections would face legal consequences. The National Action Party, or PAN, Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and the Mexican Green Party informed election officials over the past few days that they would be unable to comply with the gender quotas established...
11:51 AM, Mar 26, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If things go as planned, women in the capital city, especially the economically deprived, would have a lot to cheer over the Corporations annual budget. The budget, which recently got the Council nod, has around six major projects to help them earn a livelihood.Apart from giving them job opportunities, we also wanted to make the city a safer place for women, Deputy Mayor G Happykumar told Express.Cleanwell WorkersOne of...
09:16 AM, Mar 16, 2012
New Delhi: I first spoke to Rose Venkatesan, India's first transgender television host and radio jockey, two years ago when she had just returned from Thailand after a sex change operation. On Tuesday, during a telephone call from Chennai, she said she was excited about the launch of her own political party with a dramatic agenda aimed at sensitizing people towards the plight of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual...
07:43 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Bangalore: Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art Of Living Ashram looked like a conglomerate of foreign embassies on Friday as representatives from over 55 countries had assembled there to exchange their ideas and experience in various fields at the International Women's Conference. The discussion eventually boiled down to spiritual approach to the subject since the conference was held at the Ashram. Sri Sri Ravishankar who inaugurated the session along with other dignitaries...
10:23 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Bangalore: Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art Of Living Ashram looked like a conglomerate of foreign embassies on Friday as representatives from over 55 countries had assembled there to exchange their ideas and experience in various fields at the International Women's Conference. The discussion eventually boiled down to spiritual approach to the subject since the conference was held at the Ashram. Sri Sri Ravishankar who inaugurated the session along with other dignitaries...
08:17 AM, Feb 04, 2012
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