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I remember when I was a kid, during late 1980’s there were not a blast of many channels. There was only one “Doordarshan” (India’s National Channel) and after the main news bulletin there was segment called “Mausam Ki Jankari” (a weather report) and very superficially the reader use to touch points on weather forecast, and the segment use to end with the forth coming days weather of main metro cities. In today’s times the weather forecast has been upgraded and there is information even sometimes discussion on how the weather would react and affect people living in that particular area, if any unfavorable circumstances occur. Thanks to the advancement in technology and the immense hours of labor put by the Weather departments of respective countries. Apart from the weather report, a similar terror report needs to be the mandate of current news bulletin after the statements given by India’s current Home Minister, Mr.Chidambaram –who ever have “ perpetrated the attacks has worked in a ver...

Family how rooted it is especially in the Indian context and yet there are so many wheels within wheels. The coiled umbilical cord never really begins or ends. With one sharp cut it is separated from the mother. This is how a life is nurtured, brought onto earth and then given an identity as per its sex, religion and caste. If the child happens to be a She, she is brought up under strict supervision, guidance and restriction; she becomes acquainted with the real duties of the girl at an early age. A woman’s life, they had told me, contained no choices. And so far in life, I had seen the truth of this. The women had no choices but to submit, to accept. And I had often wondered... have they been born without wills, or have their will atrophied through a lifetime of disuse? The mode and style of their development inculcates in them submissiveness, silence and passiveness which hold a strong hold on their psyche. Even modern educated women consciously drape themselves with this trait and f...