Sheila Dikshit is aghast at the situation in Delhi in terms of safety of women. What I found interesting and also sad was that it took an incident in the high-end Lajpat Nagar to wake her up. “Women don’t feel safe in Delhi. Fears have risen. I’m shocked to learn about the Lajpat Nagar attempted rape case. It’s a big setback for us,” she said referring to the rape bid on a 19-year-old woman Tuesday. Such incidents – actually worse than this – happen... Read more
It is always interesting when victims of one tyrannical society mock the helplessness of victims of another. In this case, an Iranian Girl Band has expressed shock, not only at how the Kashmiri Girl band was hounded into silence, but also as to how little support they have from their society and family. Sahar Lotfi finds it strange that an all-girls band in Kashmir has been hounded into silence. Where she comes from, her all-women group called the Ghazal Band has been blasting... Read more
Washington Post is lamenting that US can’t seem to act in a crisis fast enough. At least not as fast as India can. Although the Sandy Hook shooting happened 2 days before the Delhi Gangrape, a law is already there to take care of the issue. Yes, it is not perfect, but at least something came to pass. However, on Sunday, the Indian president ratified a landmark package of laws dealing with sexual violence, just 56 days after the brutal... Read more
Nokia is coming out with a Windows 8 phone which will be a game changer. It will be based on the optical technology and sensor used in Nokia 808 PureView. It will boast of 42 megapixel sensor in the camera with more enhanced optics than the 808 Pureview. After the 808 Pureview came the Nokia Lumia 920, which focused on on low-light photography via optical image stabilization (OIS)—another first for a mobile device! Now perhaps both, the 42 MP and OIS technologies are... Read more
Close on the heels of one cleric raping his 5 year old daughter and then killing her by breaking her skull, back injuring and burning her, comes the news of another cleric in Saudi Arabia who has the right cure for such incidents. Babies to wear Burkha. What’s next? Putting Burkhas on female camels? Sheikh Abdullah Daoud came out with his Fatwa in an interview on the Islamic al-Majd TV According to Daoud, dressing infants and children in the traditional... Read more
In his new book, After the Music Stopped, economist ALAN BLINDER offers a history of the financial crisis — its causes and the government efforts to fight it — and provides his prescription for the work that needs to be done to prevent it from happening again. He says the economy experienced a perfect storm beginning in 2007 when the housing bubble burst, the bond market imploded and the U.S. financial system had grown too complex and unregulated for the... Read more
What an animal! How can someone do to his own daughter?? And what does the court do to him? Leave him after a fine. Which, btw, was half of what it would have been had it been a boy! A Saudi preacher who tortured his five-year-old daughter to death has been released after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’, activists said. Lama al-Ghamdi died in October having suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm, extensive bruising... Read more
When tragedies happen like the shooting at Newtown, Connecticut, the question of religion and its involvement often comes up. Does religion play a role in preventing and coping with such events? CNN’s Jim Roope examines the role of religion in our world with religious thought leaders in Los Angeles. Read more
The new Sexual Assault law is being criticized in a lot of areas, but some of its provisions may bring cheer for women. It puts the decision for sex being consensual on the victim squarely. If the victim says it was not consensual, it wasn’t. On consent for sex, the woman’s word will be the last one. Once the prosecution is able to prove that there was sexual intercourse in a wide-range of cases, the new sexual assault law requires... Read more
Bodhidharma was a South Indian prince who became a Monk and went to China over 1500 years ago. He taught ways to strengthen one’s body through certain intense exercises. These exercises and regimen arose from his knowledge and understanding of Indian martial arts – including Kalaripayattu. This documentary illustrates some of the forms extremely well. Absolutely mindblowing! Related articles from External Sources Who is Bodhidharma? The Art of Fighting without Fighting Spiritual Heritage of Kerala The story of... Read more
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