How does a sheep roll his eyes?

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/hc-orders-interim-stay-on-dk-thali-removal-festival/article7101133.ece?homepage=true Just read this news article about this festival where couples have decided to promote gender equality by discarding their thaalis and the Court approving of this. The thaali, for the uninitiated, is neck piece usually made of gold worn by married women. For centuries it has been seen as a symbol of marriage and prosperity. When the husband dies before the wife, a ritual is carried on, whereby the thaali is taken off the woman’s neck. This is usually a unpleasant event whereby the woman is informed that she is the unfortunate being whose husband has left for heavenly abode before her. A woman who dies before her husband does, is therefor held in highest regard and burnt along with the thaali. She is dressed in finery and flowers to symbolize how well she has lived her life and applauding her on the appropriate timing of her demise. I have always found...

It frustrates me to see people pass on messages saying every woman is your [ie. the man's] responsibility. We are in 2015 for God's sake. We have harped and harped about how we do not need anybody to take responsibility for us. We are humans as any of you. We can take care of ourselves and do not need constant supervision or care. If anything, just keep your mouth shut about what a woman needs to be/ do. And yes, it would help if you kept your hands and p**** to yourself.

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The thing which shocked me watching the India’s Daughter documentary was the cool way the accused said that this incident would provoke rapist to kill their victims instead of letting them go after the rape. Apparently the rapist bank so much on the intuition that the victim will be shamed and will not report the crime or make the issue public. So it is literally and very very clearly our society which has raped these women. Hamara Sanskaar- MY FOOT.

I cannot remember the number of times I have been whistled at, groped, pinched and stared at in India. I lived most part of my life in Chennai which is supposed to be a conservative city. But there has not been a single I been able to feel safe on the roads. Almost every time I have been subject to some sort of abuse by random men on the streets. There is one such incident which still triggers a temper in me, I still really want to catch hold of that man and bash him up. It was around 9 pm and I was walking back from my violin class. I had reached a long street at the end of which there was another long street which would finally lead to my apartment. I loved this walk because this was a peaceful residential area and many of the houses planted my favourite Parijatham. I cannot explain how I felt walking past these flowers, it just transported me to a divine place. So, as I was walking a young chap got onto the road in a bicycle. He started saying filthy things to me and his cycle cam...

I found the AIB amusing in parts. It did not shock me though. Many of the upper class in India normally throw around expletives in English and are proud about their ability to do so without hesitation. What worried me was the false smiles and laughs. I am sure no one takes a rightinyourface abuse lightly. That too on television. So how would things progress from that point on. It would probably be tit for tat and continue for ages in that fashion. Some of it would affect people who were not part of it. All in the name of fun and humour.

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