Tag Archive | "Social Issues"
Rape
She is sitting alone in the corner of an empty room wrapped in a white cloth stained by the blood seeping from her bruises and wet from the tears she has been shedding. In the other room her mother is being comforted by a few friendly ladies, when she shrieks again “Ooh God they ruined us, [...]
Continue reading...Surviving in a Man’s World
Saturday, February 9, 2008
“Violence against women is a violation of human rights that cannot be justified by any political, religious, or cultural claim.” ( Amnesty International ) Are women’s human rights given the importance they deserve? Discrimination against, and exploitation of, women is rife in many societies of the world be they developed, developing or under-developed. Unfortunately, violence against women [...]
Continue reading...Behind the Wheel
Thursday, February 7, 2008
A light, satirical view of the fairer approach to driving. “My missus wants to drive here in Pakistan! Barmy, my missus… mad as a bag of snakes!” confided my British friend one fine day, shaking his head. I smiled to myself, and wondered secretly whether he was more concerned about his wife or other road users [...]
Continue reading...Celebration
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Mothers! Mothers of the nations that burn. Burn with the insecurity of our kings, who sit back and see the mothers of nations beg for the lives of their sons. The sons they bore with equal pain as Queens did. As queens bore their princes. These mothers waited for their sons to return home, now they wait for their funeral. They are the mothers of [...]
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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