Download or read book I Am a Troll written by Swati Chaturvedi and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian social media is awash with right-wing trolls who incite online communal tension and abuse anyone who questions them. But who are they? How are they organized? In this explosive investigation, conducted over two years, Swati Chaturvedi finally lifts the veil over this murky subject
Download or read book Sometimes Believe in Yourself written by Joy and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book which includes all the latest stories and teachings about modern hardships. Know how the Indian culture has changed over the years From the initial chapters of this book, you can find yourself getting familiarized to a certain concept of empowerment and interactions. You will read about how India and its residents have changed over the years. Modern and traditional struggles women face You will witness a series of struggles any Indian woman faces during her life. These issues include dealing with depression, motherhood, parenting, in-laws, choosing the perfect partner and career in life. You will also read about the need for women to support women in modern times. Without such support, no single woman can survive in this cruel and materialistic world. The urgency to educate men in the country This novel is so genuine that readers can literally weep after reading the struggles that most Indian men go through as well. However, there are stories that signify how our education system is failing in teaching Indian men about the social aspect of their lives. Truly inspirational stories for everyone who lacks courage Be it the pandemic or our country’s recession, you will find an endless source of hope and inspirational stories, written carefully, in this book. Each chapter gives readers like me and you the courage to take a harsh and revolutionary step in our lives. Only then can we lead the better life that we deserve.
Download or read book The Naked Indian Woman written by Sangeetha Shinde Tee and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collective literary effort has taken the stories of 16 ‘everyday’ women from India – a housemaid, a lawyer, a divorcee, a doctor battling Covid-19, a single mother… It covers their most intimate stories in easy-to-read free verse. It is time the voice of the common Indian woman got heard - with all the unique challenges she faces living in this cultural ecosystem, with all its attendant heartaches and joys, highs and lows. This is the voice of the unheard women of India. And they are speaking out bravely, without fear of shame or social ostracisation. They want to inspire other women – just ordinary, everyday women like themselves – to start speaking their truth by sharing their (often painful) histories and lifting the veil on the unspoken. This anthology covers sexuality, societal judgement, divorce, education systems for women, domestic slavery, parental control and interference, in-laws and misogyny... It comprises powerful stories that tell of the hidden powerhouse that drives this nation. One that is finally breaking free of the chains that have kept them bound for as far back as any of us can remember. These are the stories of the battles and triumphs of every Indian woman and this book is a salute to their everyday courage and resilience.
Download or read book Women and Violence in India written by Tamsin Bradley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's endemic gender-based violence has received increased international scrutiny and provoked waves of domestic protest and activism. In recent years, related studies on India and South Asia have proliferated but their analyses often fail to identify why violence flourishes. Unwilling to simply accept patriarchy as the answer, Tamsin Bradley presents new research examining how different groups in India conceptualise violence against women, revealing beliefs around religion, caste and gender that render aggression socially acceptable. She also analyses the role that neoliberalism, and its corollary consumerism, play in reducing women to commodity objects for barter or exchange. Unpacking varied conservative, liberal and neoliberal ideologies active in India today, Bradley argues that they can converge unexpectedly to normalise violence against women. Due to these complex and overlapping factors, rates of violence against women in India have actually increased despite decades of feminist campaigning. This book will be crucial to those studying Indian gender politics and violence, but also presents new data and methodologies which have practical implications for researchers and policymakers worldwide.
Download or read book CRIMES IN THE COUNTRY OF GODDESSES written by Piyasha Das and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book portrays the evolution, or some may consider devolution of the position of women in India, and how society plays a crucial role in it. The relationship between the psyche of the society in general and the individual rights of a woman throughout history is seen to be in a loop, both intricately affecting each other. For example how Sati was acceptable in the earlier days, which was later made illegal and shunned. With the advent of the 21st century, women are faced with a new challenge and to strive for equality, for example, sexual harassment at workplace or cyber crime. The book highlights the journey of women and makes it relevant even to contemporary times as if to show the things women have gone through, the society they are dealing with now and the things to be learned in the future.
Download or read book Courting Injustice written by Rajesh Talwar and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this partnership between so-called equals, which can be compared to a polyandrous marriage, the Supreme Court is the woman and Parliament and the Executive her two husbands, one more loutish that the other, depending on your point of view. In the Nirbhaya case too the gap between theory and law has been highlighted. Following the terrible episode, (and even before) there has been continual and great improvement in the substantive laws for both women as well as children who have been victims of sexual violence. And yet despite their being so much publicity on the case, the author argues that, concretely, although there has been improvement in the laws themselves, we are nowhere near better enforcement or implementation. Even after the institution of a fast track trial, and with the nation’s attention focused on it, the Nirbhaya case still dragged on and it took more than nine months for the trial court to reach a verdict. And, as the author explains there are still potentially further delays waiting at the level of the superior courts, the High Court certainly and the Supreme Court too, quite possibly. As the author goes on to show in this well argued book, a woman who is the victim of a sex related crime ‘courts injustice’ whenever she comes to a court, be she the victim of a rape, an acid attack, of sexual harassment; the mother or father of such a victim or be it even any ordinary person struggling to find justice. Our courts, particularly the Supreme Court is performing the function of a nagging wife. Time and again she pulls up the lazy, good-for-nothing husbands (read ‘failure of governance’). And what does either husband do? He goes for a walk, ignoring the wife’s anguished screams even as they follow him. If she complains too much, he tells himself, he’ll see to it that she doesn’t get the silk sari and other goodies she wants (read ‘promotions’, ‘post retirement assignments’, etc). It is only one of the ways he ensures that she doesn’t step too much out of line. All wives nag, he consoles himself. Nagging here and there is tolerable but she must make sure that he gets his meals on time (read ‘doesn’t bar him from contesting elections even if there are a dozen or more criminal cases pending against him’). Meanwhile the overzealous wife doesn’t realize that while she rails and rants against the erring ways of her husband, the dishes are piling up in the kitchen. And the maid has gone away for six months and the dishes, they are piling up (read, the arrears are accumulating)! The time has come. It cannot continue to remain ‘business as usual’. There will be justice for Nirbhaya. Our ‘brave heart’ will also bring justice and relief to all her sisters. And possibly, even to the rest of us.
Download or read book I Am What I Am written by Ester Rani Thin Sin and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book based on real events that I witnessed in my life and some observations I found during my field visit for non-academic research on women empowerment in some villages under districts of upper, middle and lower Assam of India. The day my first menstruation began, I saw my mother and grandmother crying behind the door. I thought I was going to die as the flow of blood was increasing. As days passed, I passed a certain milestone in my development, both mentally and physically. My parents, especially my mother and aunts, became more conscious over my dress up, my going out of the house, my friends, etc. I thought I was more special to them than my brother, but later when their caring grew more and more, I started feeling suffocated and a protestant mind started budding inside me. I started thinking it was a curse to be a girl when I had to sacrifice my favourite dress, my favourite place and even my favourite games and many more, after getting stuck by my elders and parents. I get so confused on the changing behaviour of the society; one side people praise us for our success and on another, the same people show us red eyes when we work hard for it, take our time to get into it. “It is not possible to change our surroundings but we may change ourselves to get adjusted to it.” This is what my grandmother and my mother did in their lives; they adjusted to the situations by bearing everything and not facing it or fighting it. By bearing silently, they made the well of offences deeper, that they might fail to come out of it even they tried. That is the reason why they cried on my first menstruation. They are not gratified to be a woman and maybe scared if I have to go through the troubles they faced in their lives, so they cared too much for me, which created so many restrictions in my life. I Am What I Am will give an overview of the struggle a female foetus getting born and living as a human. In a democratic country, why do only women have to fight to live equally? Why do we need to feel guilty even if we get victimized? Can we live as we are, as we like?
Download or read book The Edge of Power written by Tuhin Sinha and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heinous rape of Nirbhaya has jolted the Indian nation out of its apathy. But rape and violence against women are only symptomatic of a deeper malaise that ails the nation ? the total collapse of governance under the weak and vacillating prime minister, Devender Singh, and his Indian Democratic Party. Ironically, aiding the ruling party to cling to power is a casual and largely indifferent Opposition, led by the venal Ravi Nehra. So when activist Daivik Verma and Bollywood?s leading lady Catherine Khan decide to challenge the existing system by floating a new political party, it is seen as a ray of hope. But lack of funds and cadre-support thwart their efforts; their only recourse now is to approach the enigmatic and reclusive Shruti Ranjan, who had sworn off politics three years earlier. Will Nirbhaya?s gruesome rape and subsequent death bring a disillusioned Shruti Ranjan back into the political fray? Will the land of great leaders like Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka and Akbar, finally get the dynamic Prime Minister she so badly needs? Featuring Shruti Ranjan ? the immensely popular protagonist of the best-selling The Edge of Desire ? in a resurgent avatar, The Edge of Power is a powerful enquiry into the underbelly of Indian politics, and raises important questions about the funding of Indian political parties.
Download or read book Into the Matrix of Insights written by Shukla Bhattacharya and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a cluster of poems transpired by the whispers of a vision derived from a series of insights—sometimes crazily inspired by William Wordsworth, many a time minutely invoked by Ezra Pound. Life offers situations that are purely mystic—while in the midst of a freezing wrath, one may discover soul-saving songs from specs of sand, warm beneath the feet, there are times when honeymoon enterprises turn precarious. Interestingly, it is the latter that most of us get poignantly stuck to—the reason possibly being Melancholic notes—based on some form of a collective consciousness. In case of the former, maybe it is then when the wise, enlightened, brightest intellect metamorphoses into Wordsworth. While sunflowers are enchanting, albeit seldom seen, Shukla Bhattacharya’s poetry sunnily reminisces, echoing a pleasing choreography of moral convictions. Get set with your casket; fetch the perennial power of a beaming solitude; soak into the therapeutic, fascinating warmth of worthy insights!
Download or read book Rumours of Our Being written by Udayan M Kishore and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JAY, 23, DESPERATELY WANTS TO TALK TO SOMEONE BECAUSE HE IS ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BUT ALL HE CAN GET ON THE PHONE IS A CALL GIRL. “When I imagined the crowd, I wondered how insignificant I was. Not just among all those people in the metro but in the entire city, and then on this entire earth. And then I imagined myself in the entire universe. I realised I was just a grain of sand on earth. Or even that is an overstatement. That was depressing. Really depressing. Then I thought about me—not me in the world, but just me. I tried to feel and realise every part of my body. I’d move a finger or a toe and then stop it. I would stop breathing and then resume. I touched my nose and felt its shape. I opened my eyes and immediately closed them. I tried to feel my heartbeat. I was trying to feel how much control I had over my body. From there, I started thinking about me—the one who was ordering the fingers, toes, hands, or feet to move or stop. The one trying to feel the heartbeat. Whatever you call that, a soul or consciousness, or whatever the hell, that was me. That and only that was me.”
Download or read book A Wayfare written by Palak Mahajan and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all on board a journey headed toward a destination, experiencing our respective shares of happiness and sorrows, peace and discontent, success and failure. But more often than not, it turns out like an old saying, “Life is what happens when we are busy making other plans.” This book holds seven off-kilter short stories based on. As the name suggests, train journeys in India. By the end of every story, the inherent sordidness might appall and enervate the readers, but this is how the cookie crumbles for beaucoup people in India. Perusing this book will stimulate the reader on a wayfare, consummating what might effectuate rumination and introspection, which is in a way the intention of writing this anthology.
Download or read book In the Body of a Woman written by Aaliya Waziri and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘From the enduring shame of the marital-rape loophole to online abuse and the horror of superstition-driven murders, Waziri’s thoughtful collection of essays reminds us that despite our progress, it is a grim landscape for Indian women, with so much left to be done.’ SHASHI THAROOR ‘The author brilliantly lays bare for the reader the emergent, new societal responses towards sexual attitudes and gender justice and competently captures with nuance and sensitivity the attempts of the legal system to keep pace without being overwhelmed.’ SALMAN KHURSHID ‘An incisive and mindful analysis of gender and parity through the intersection of legal frameworks and societal perspectives. Aaliya Waziri draws upon a vast canvas to present an articulate and thoughtful case for gender-responsive lawmaking.’ NAMITA GOKHALE From important contemporary issues like the changing landscape of marital rape laws to the inadequacy of the current cyberbullying laws, from historical milestones such as the women who helped draft the Indian constitution after Independence to examining religious laws and international obligations, Aaliya Waziri writes a deeply researched, informative and powerful book. Her attempt is to address the many questions that a lay person or even a lawyer might have about what lies at the intersection of law, gender and society. In the Body of a Woman, with its focus on gender justice, pivots on the idea that feminism is contextual. There may not be any straightjacket formula to fix all the woes of women but we can start by strengthening our institutional responses and not treat half the country’s population as second class citizens. Occasionally acerbic yet deeply compassionate, hopeful yet sometimes despairing, Waziri doesn’t pull her punches in these essays where she looks clinically at the judicial system but in her own unique, empathetic way that makes this book an engaging read for—it must be stressed—men and women who are interested in probing the intersection of law and gender.
Download or read book Grimore written by Vishruta Dholakia and published by Bishara Publication. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimoire - book of magic spells " Quit hiding your magic the world is ready for you " Magic is something we create. It is something that is already within us. We all know words hold the enormous power to do blessings. Here is a selection of 75 mystical authors from all over the world giving rise to a beautiful miscellany collected by Miss Vishruta Dholakia
Download or read book Reports of the Archaeological Survey of India written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE CONTROVERSIAL MAN written by Ashish Saini and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A super star, no a super-duper star or should I say a super dapper star. Once a broken man, financially emotionally and a few bones physically with a heart (God knows if he has one) which he got broken trillionth zillionth time, to a writer, an entrepreneur, an actor but most importantly a media anchor and an icon to crores of population. He has seen life very closely. Not only his but of others too. He has knowledge about anything and everything to nothing. He has opinion, oh sorry, the right opinion about everything, from their sex lives to their politics, to tell them how to behave on road to how to behave in public to how to raise their children to how to treat women to how government should function to how people should help government to how laws should be explained to people, the list is pretty long but I guess you got the idea but the most irritating thing is that he somehow he proves it that his opinion is the right one or should I say he picks up the right opinion for himself and then makes the people with the difference of opinion fight on television and shows himself as the almighty . As he says for himself that he is 16 kala Sampoorna i.e., one who is perfect just as the god he is named after KRISHNA. AND NOW A BATTLE AWAITS
Download or read book Children and Media in India written by Shakuntala Banaji and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the bicycle, like the loudspeaker, a medium of communication in India? Do Indian children need trade unions as much as they need schools? What would you do with a mobile phone if all your friends were playing tag in the rain or watching Indian Idol? Children and Media in India illuminates the experiences, practices and contexts in which children and young people in diverse locations across India encounter, make, or make meaning from media in the course of their everyday lives. From textbooks, television, film and comics to mobile phones and digital games, this book examines the media available to different socioeconomic groups of children in India and their articulation with everyday cultures and routines. An authoritative overview of theories and discussions about childhood, agency, social class, caste and gender in India is followed by an analysis of films and television representations of childhood informed by qualitative interview data collected between 2005 and 2015 in urban, small-town and rural contexts with children aged nine to 17. The analysis uncovers and challenges widely held assumptions about the relationships among factors including sociocultural location, media content and technologies, and children’s labour and agency. The analysis casts doubt on undifferentiated claims about how new technologies ‘affect’, ‘endanger’ and/or ‘empower’, pointing instead to the importance of social class – and caste – in mediating relationships among children, young people and the poor. The analysis of children’s narratives of daily work, education, caring and leisure supports the conclusion that, although unrecognised and underrepresented, subaltern children’s agency and resourceful conservation makes a significant contribution to economic, interpretive and social reproduction in India.
