Women Against Lazy Stubble (WALS), is a sexist hate campaign started by Procter and Gamble India Ltd. (P&G) to boost their sales of shaving products because the...

Beyond its excellence in watch-making and financial services, Switzerland is still a retrograde nation in many ways. This neutral and very wealthy state did not give...

Reading the article “Good or Bad, Hard to Say!” suddenly struck a chord with me regarding the deteriorating status quo of the institution of marriage in India and...

Since the time I began to think several years ago I have often heard several things in all kinds of fora. “Women are being oppressed”, “women are...

To, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi,110011 Date : 14-Oct-09 Sub: Objections to NCW’s proposed recommendation to...

The female version of the homo sapien species. Always trudging forward in every aspect. And leaving their male counterparts with open mouths and wide eyes in bafflement...

Late-night comedian David Letterman (who is still nursing a petty grudge against Jay Leno for losing the bid to succeed Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show) has found...

In continuation with my previous two posts on Domestic Violence viz “Violence against Women – A perception or a reality” and “Violence against Men – The...

In continuation with my article, “Violence against Women – A perception or a Reality” this article covers the topic of Violence against Men extensively as we head...

To, The Honorable Minister for Law and Justice Dr M Veerappa Moily, Sub: – Paying maintenance to qualified and empowered women for short marriages must be stopped...

One day a reporter decides to take a sneak peek at what goes on in the marriage counseling centers, given the current spate of skyrocketing divorce rates. And thus,...

“Violence Against Women (VAW)” referred to as VAW herein is a very commonly heard and most unchallenged social meme. Such high is its acceptance in society that we...

Male Dominated Society! It’s a man’s world! These are the phrases one often hears. They are often used to boost the ego of males that it is your world and you rule...

Shiite Muslim Afghan women have been thrown to the dogs for political gain by President Hamid Karzai who surreptitiously enacted a marriage law that states, in essence,...

The question of polygamy or polygyny in Islam has always been a source of controversy in the West. Many Western commentators hostile of the faith have used the...

O’ the trials of the Saudi royal family. Not even the British royal family spends as much time and resources toward public relations as the House of Saud. That is...

So Saudi Arabia has decided that even it has limits tolerance when its comes to the debasement of women. The illiterate King has officially outlawed the trafficking of...

When I analyze the failed marriage of my cousin Deepa, I wonder if its her liberal brought up and education, or the conservative attitude of the Indian in-laws that is...

The incidence of persecuting female students continues in the country’s top universities and unlike popular belief, that male students tease girls on campus, the...

Although often portrayed as a practice born from Islam or Arab culture, honor killings are really a Mediterranean punishment that herald from Greek civilization. And...