Category: Persona – Women’s World

The year that went by ended with a need for women to firm up in their resolve to fight the goons who trouble them variously. And the need to teach…Continue reading“May this be THE year!”- 1 January 2014

What a year has this been – 2013! Last year, on December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya was subjected to hell on a Delhi bus by demons. Since that moment to now,…Continue reading“Teaching society the right lesson”- 18 December 2013

The news is both, anguishing and angering: As many as 98 girl students of Carmel School in Dhanbad (which happens to be the school I went to) were shocked to…Continue reading“Time to rise, raise and raze male arrogance”- 4 December 2013

The concern of Usha Ananthasubramanian, the Chairperson and Managing Director of the newly formed Bharatiya Mahila Bank is quite understandable. When she was asked what her primary concern was as…Continue reading“Empowerment, the real issue”- 20 November 2013

Time was Sarika’s problem. She had plenty of it. She was a home-maker and very efficient. So, she often found herself without much to do after she would finish her…Continue reading“Challenge of managing free time”- 6 November 2013

That mere tokenism makes no difference; actual respect for women does, was the theme of last edition of ‘Persona’. However, not much serious thought is given to the issue of…Continue reading“Going beyond tokenism”- 16 October 2013

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism badge is attractive: “I respect women”. In response to the propaganda, so countless people will wear those attractive red badges on their shirts and move around.…Continue reading“Real respect not tokenism”- 2 October 2013.

That Serena Williams has equalled in women’s tennis the record of 17 Grand Slam titles of the legendary Roger Federer in men’s tennis, does not make her legendary. She was…Continue reading“Legends of a different gender”- 18 September 2013

Nalini is a working woman. Divorced eight years ago, she has a daughter for whose grooming she is willing to go any distance so that the little one grows into…Continue readingSingle mothers: Of pride and problem- 4 September 2013

Durga Shakti Nagpal has given women one more reason to celebrate. In a way, she does not represent only womanhood. For, what she stands for is courage for being good.…Continue readingMay her tribe grow- 21 August 2013