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  2. `She toilets’ in Thiruvananthapuram

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    / April 9, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Another first for Kerala. The Kerala state women’s development corporation (KSWDC) plans to build 35 `she toilets’ in Thiruvananthapuram, the first such initiative in the country. These exclusive for women facilities will be set up in city centres and tourist locations. The potable toilets will also have sanitary napkin vending...

  3. Andhra Pradesh `unsafe’ for women

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    / March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Andhra Pradesh is the most unsafe place among South Indian states for women, going by the data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau. The state has more than double the number of cases registered in 2008, 2009 and 2010 when compared to the other three states. In 2008, 1257...

  4. Why did the women voters complain?

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    / March 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Members of self-help groups of women in Warangal and Adilabad Districts of Andhra Pradesh are up in arms against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government alleging discrimination in political sops. Wanna know what their complaint is? Their protest is not against payment for votes but that they were discriminated and paid...

  5. Porn Wild in Karnataka

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    / February 8, 2012 / 4 Comments
    So `porngate’ (apologies for the media’s obsession to describe every scandal as `gate’) has further sullied the BJP’s gateway to the south. Yet another scene in the nataka that has been a work in progress in Karnataka. This was an adult scene (and viewer discretion was advised) as Sadananda Gowda’s ministers were caught...

  6. Women at the wheel? No

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    / January 28, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Saudi Arabia is debating whether to allow women to drive cars in the country. Before you look astonished, let us tell you this is because rights activists believe allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital sex. `The Huffington Post’ reports that a document by an academic advises the monarchy...

  7. This is your police chief speaking

    Posted by Kinnera Murthy
    / December 30, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Kinnera Murthy When man set his foot on the moon, it was said ”One small step for man – a giant step for mankind”. In the case of women, it appears as if for every one small step, there are elements to push it back by 100 steps.  Today none...

  8. Naveen’s ‘Mamata’, an eyewash

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    / October 23, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Basudev Mahapatra   For the pregnant and lactating women in the state, Odisha government has come up with a new scheme named ‘Mamata’. Announced just before the Panchayat polls, the scheme is designed to support the mothers and their newborn babies with an amount of Rs. 5000 in four...

  9. Slut is no longer a four-letter word

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    / June 10, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By TSR Reporter   The word slut is a pejorative, value-loaded term, usually used for women who defy the social codes of demure dressing and decorum that are imposed on women. But it is a controversial and celebrated word now among thousands of women across the world who carry placards...

  10. `Your wife is naked’

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    / April 15, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir A socially conscious friend who has been a lecturer in a Christian college for women in Hyderabad for over 20 years says it is heartening that 75 per cent of her students now are Muslims girls. “More and more of them are also wearing the burqa,” she...

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