Posted by Sandeep in Regular Posts, Whining.
Tags: abuse, emotional, failure, social cause
A woman has legal recourse if she is abused by her husband or her inlaws.
But a woman doesnt have the right to protest against rape by her husband
And doesnt have the right to insist on condomns in this age of HIV+
This is not an Indian Women’s Issue, but an Indian Issue.
-Writes Gayathrie Eshawar on Wise Donkey Blog
Along with this eye-opening poem:
The right to life, for the wife
Dont I have the right to life?
I ask you, says the wife
Unprotected sex is high risk,
Unprotected oral sex is medium risk,
Is my life, asks the wife,
To you all, worth this risk?
Even animals have people protesting against their slaughter
Why does no one think of me as their daughter.
Lets talk about right to safe sex
This issue is not just for chromosome xx
I have to go through this Everyday
Do something for me atleat Today
December 1st, World AIDS Day.
Here is the link to the entire post: The Right to Life, For Wife
Though I am not married yet (and interestingly there is a long way to go for that to happen) but this poem resonated with something in my heart, about millions of girls and ladies being abused every second and I can do nothing about it except being a mute spectator – a shameless bystander.
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Posted by Sandeep in Random Post.
Tags: social cause
Hi friends,
My friend Dharminder is involved in a social cause of demanding the justice for the teenager Aarushi Talwar who was killed in a famous double murder incident that took place on that fateful night of 15th May, 2008 in Delhi (see Aarushi murder case here on Wikipedia or see the list of all the events related to this case on Rediff.com’s Aarushi murder case timeline)
My friend has setup a petition addressed to the President of India. Please take some time to support the cause and sign up the petition (it takes only 1-2 minutes and require your name and mail address only).
Your signature is valuable and makes a real difference. Please encourage others to sign the petition as well. To do that, just forward the link below to everyone who might be interested
Here is the petition located at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/justice4aarushi?e
Posted by Sandeep in Announcements, Whining.
Tags: Love, social cause
NATIONAL SHAME
Indians will vote 1.5 crore votes for T.V. programs like Indian Idol. But for TAJ we have given only 5 lakhs votes only. India is a country with the population of 100 crore. It is really a shame for us.
Please vote for Taj…
www.new7wonders.com/
One Vote
February 8, 2007
Posted by Sandeep in Announcements.
Tags: social cause
I am going to vote today, as one vote can change the whole nation. Today I am going to exercise one of rights that republic of India has granted, the right to vote. I will vote for the best candidate, who will change the face of my state, who will represent me at the state assembly. I will vote, my vote will be like one step towards the development of my statement, the infrastructure would improve, road will widen, prices will be cheaper and a lot like that.
I was not going to vote today, because I was feeling a little lazy. But when I saw even the handicapped and aged people in their 90s going to vote, I felt a little ashamed. But shamelessly, I reached the election spot one hour before it was going to be closed. I crept into the line of 100+ people of different background, height, color, voice and think lots of things here. I waited for about more than 2 hours for my turn. I was very excited. Proudly I recited my name, and, then election agent informed me my name isn’t in the voter list. I went back home empty handed.
(Being a new eligible voter, my name wasn’t in the list. The list that polling agent was holding, I suppose, was 5 years old. After that people of my village came to my home and took me along with them and made me to vote, but that is a different story)
