mental health

Watching the ‘Satyamev Jayate’ episode on health care makes my life seem uncanny as well.Mental health is one of the most tricky of all areas of human activity.Anyone can be proclaimed as ‘mentally ill’ and its’ one of most fuzzy of areas, you can find yourself ridden of all control over your life; and at the mercy of family without having warranted ‘family’

Partners in crime

Reblogged from k a u n t e x t:

What happens when you are set -up against a person barely worthy of your example?I think that I have just come through a difficult conundrum.

And is actually happening.This woman who according to me is a criminal who should be brought to the book, is actually celebrating the launch of a book. I think that people should boycott both the ‘book’ and the ‘author’ in question.

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reviews for 'Bad Boy's Guide...' say its flaky at best.So this is some kind of pop-corn fluff by some-one who had enough resources and access to publish a book. I'm training my blog posts on this woman.

sexual abuse a means of fighting/Being men in a man’s world

Comfortable women often use sex abuse as a means of getting rid of competition.It is a way of dehumanising, bestializing and othering their competition.

One is already weary of trying to work through patriarchal structures; to also have to deal with other women who you may have worked with and who think that you’re somehow in their way.( to be contd…)  

class 3 at vivekananda

In the last class we did the following: screened parts of ‘Sister Act’. worked on some dance and movement using music from Asian Dub Foundation,Talveen Singh, State of Bengal and Nusrat .

the google art project at vivekananda

I get to use the Google Art Project at Vivenkananda School where I am teaching art at a pilot program during the Summer.

I will tell all about the program, but here’s a look at our gallery.

Contemporary Muslim identities: A collaborative art project

This is some groundwork I have been doing on a project on contemporary Muslim identities, which is a collaborative art project with the Indian Institute of Art, Culture and Democracy, Bangalore.

A glimpse at the history of Islam in the Indian Subcontinent reveals a fraught and battered consciousness, one that seeks both representation and cultural, political and judicial recompense. The partition of the Indian subcontinent has led to a cultural divergence that has led  to and manifested itself in a failed republic and a linguistically assertive populace on one hand and a defensive marginalised minority on the other.

Implications of the Nuclear Liability Bill on the expansion of civilian nuclear energy in India.

an essay I was attempting on the Nuclear Liability Bill-

The issue of nuclear energy in India is crucial given the energy deficit and the necessity of providing electricity to the under-developed and rural areas as a basic amenity. The Bill for nuclear liability is seen as an important milestone in realizing India’s energy goals, and is a step towards realizing the 123 Agreement or the Indo-US Nuclear deal.

 The Bill however has various glaring flaws as has been pointed out by critics in the opposition as well as civil society groups; it seeks to benefit the operator and not the supplier in the event of  a catastrophe; the victims cannot sue the companies or suppliers since the operator is liable to pay damages…