29 April, 2010 by olivia | Topics: Legal Take

The confusion about the DV Act is about to be settled. A Petition has already been filed in Delhi High Court.

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11 April, 2010 by olivia | Topics: Culture Today
What does it mean to really help, make a change

A year ago
My maid is an illiterate woman from Bihar, Muslim by religion, but with relatively fair IQ for her being and upbringing. She is single-handed bringing up her 5 kids and taken steps to ensure no more babies all by herself. In response to her act, the husband went absconding for good 2 years. [...]

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31 March, 2010 by Indian Home Maker | Topics: blog
I wish I could tell her about a sixty year old woman who emailed me…

9 20 PM : I stepped into the balcony to call the cat inside and heard the distinct thump of fists landing on somebody’s back.  Dimly visible in the shadows, on a bench, was the back of a white shirt and a hazy figure.
I had heard similar sounds around 7 30- 8 [...]

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12 January, 2010 by Indian Home Maker | Topics: Culture Today, In the News, blog
If someone dislocated your jaw…

If someone dislocated your jaw in one of the many violent beatings they gave you, how would you like to try to live with them and win their love?
23 year old Neha committed suicide on January 1st. Her family alleged that her in laws “used to beat her up…” [Link] “Once she was beaten so [...]

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1 September, 2009 by admin | Topics: In the News
It’s Okay to Get Beaten, ‘Once in a While’

A 2005 United Nations report said that around two-thirds of married women in India were victims of domestic violence and that one incident of violence translates into women losing seven working days in the country. Hence while on one hand women are increasingly occupying top positions in various walks of life, the culture of silence and [...]

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