बदलत्या काळातील स्त्री-पुरुष संबंध
वंदना सुधीर कुलकर्णी
०६ ऑगस्ट २०२०
भारतात स्त्री-पुरुष नातं म्हणजे पती-पत्नीचं नातं असंच रूढार्थानं समजलं जातं. त्याअर्थी ह्या नात्याला दिलेलं ते सामान्य नामच म्हणायचं! आणि पती-पत्नीचं नातं म्हणजे निरोगी, सुदृढ पुरुष-स्त्री नातं असं विधान करणं धाडसाचंच होईल! किंबहुना बहुतांशी लग्नात वैवाहिक नातं आणि स्त्री-पुरुष निकोप नातं यांची फारकतच होताना दिसते. स्त्री-पुरुष नात्याला अशा पद्धतीने पती-पत्नी नात्यात बद्ध केल्यामुळे आणि त्याला एक …
बदलाची शिल्पकार : डॉ. तरू जिंदल
नंदिनी सातारकर
०५ ऑगस्ट २०२०
‘हॉं, ये मुमकिन है’ हे पुस्तक नुकतंच वाचनात आलं. डॉ. तरू जिंदल यांचं हे आत्मकथनात्मक पुस्तक आहे. ही आहे एक सत्यकथा - खरं म्हणजे एक विजयगाथा. हा आहे डॉ. तरू जिंदल यांचा प्रेरणादायी प्रवास. सर्वसामान्य माणसांबद्दल वाटणारा जिव्हाळा आणि झोकून देऊन काम करण्याची वृत्ती यांचं दर्शन या पुस्तकातून घडतं. एका तरुण स्त्री डॉक्टरच्या व्यक्तिगत आणि व्यावसायिक प्रवासाचा हा आलेख. या काळात दैनंदिन घडामोडी आणि विचा…
On the Pandemic : Notes from my history scrapbook
Uma Chakravarti
०५ ऑगस्ट २०२०
As the concerns around COVID-19 began to surface in mid march and the lockdown began to be implemented I found myself confused and unable to absorb the new moment we were all suddenly confronted with. The incomprehension itself was compounded by the series of events that had preceded it: first the NRC and the huge crisis in the north-east followed quickly by the CAA assault upon us. The response t…
Marriage and the veil of liberalism
Aditi Munot
०२ ऑगस्ट २०२०
A week before the lockdown, my husband and I had gone for the late-night show of Thappad. My husband was unusually quiet after the movie. Down the escalator, till the car he didn’t say a single word. Once we were in the car, he looked at me earnestly and said, “I am sorry. I am so sorry for everything.” I quietly replied, “I appreciate it, but its not okay.”
My husband has never hit me. He has …
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Being Single
Sujata Patel
०२ जुलै २०२०
I was sitting in the second class compartment of Konark Express heading to Bhubaneshwar, when after a few hours of travel, the matriarch of the Marwari family, sitting opposite me, about 60 years old (she had three generations with her), whose delectable lunch and snacks I had just eaten with great relish, asked me first my age (I must have been around 30 or 32 at the time), and after nodding wise…
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Our Eclipsed Persona
Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar
१२ जून २०२०
The telephone lines will soon be abuzz. Mothers will be calling their daughters, mothers in law would be talking to their daughters in law, sisters in law will chat with sisters in law, etc., etc. The talk will mostly be about congratulating the young pregnant lady. Talk full of love, care, compassion but also warning against evil and ‘…eclipse maimed her baby, be careful…’ type of talk. ‘I will b…
सामाजिक समतेच्या मार्गे तलाव जीविधा संवर्धन
शालू कोल्हे
०४ जून २०२०
शालू कोल्हे ही भंडाऱ्यातल्या नवेगाव बांध गावातली ढीवर समाजातल्या एका सामान्य परिवारातली तरूण महिला. बारावीपर्यंत शिकलेली म्हणजे ढीवर समाजाच्या मानाने बऱ्यापैकी शिकलेली. शिक्षणातून आलेल्या सामाजिक जागरूकतेतून तिच्या समाजाला अन्य समाजांकडून मिळणाऱ्या विषमतापूर्ण वागणुकीची तिला जाणीव झाली. ढीवर समाजातल्या महिलांना योग्य सन्मान मिळवून देण्यासाठी मार्ग शोधत असता ती ‘भंडारा निसर्ग व संस्कृती अभ्यास मंडळ…
On Being Cooped Up: The Irony of Being Privileged
Nagmani Rao
०२ जून २०२०
Some days ago, a friend, Anju, sent a video of hordes of hens and cocks racing out, as if celebrating their ‘azadi’ after heaven knows how many days of being ‘cooped up’. Her caption said it all – ‘Us after lockdown is lifted’. Never have I empathized more with the condition of cooped-up species than I do now…. And this, despite being in the care and company of loved ones. It makes me ponder….how …
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Surviving a ‘shadow’ pandemic: domestic abuse in the time of Corona
Girija Godbole
०७ मे २०२०
How many of you can even imagine living 24x7 under the same roof as your abuser with the constant fear of what he (in rare cases she) might do next to hurt you? How would it feel when coughing results in merciless beating or throwing you out of the house on suspicion of COVID symptoms or your partner constantly meting out verbal abuses for no reason or starving you or not letting you use the toil…
