July 2009 - Posts - Still single in the city

July 2009 - Posts

The House-Husband

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
In the mid-Eighties, when my television viewing was a highly monitored (and usually censored) affair ( Chitrahaar , for instance, was plain EVIL: hero and heroine singing love songs while lunging into each other ever so often was a toxic influence), I have hazy recollections of being allowed to watch a serial that aired every Sunday morning. It was...

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Is Mrs Shiney Ahuja a good Indian wife?

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
Two days ago, I got an email from a follower of this blog -- Atish Saha -- saying he's looking forward to a post on consensual sex vs rape -- and he's quoted the Shiney Ahuja case as a reference point. And a couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a friend in the US who is a fan of Shiney's (yes, he has fans!). She first asked me if I'd...

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The Decriminalisation of IPC 377

Posted by Sushmita Bose at 
I am too excited about the Delhi High Court order scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, so I couldn't wait till Sunday to post. I heard about the ‘landmark judgement' at 4 pm on Thursday, when one of my colleagues, a young Indian girl, informed me in a baffled tone: "Did you hear about the Delhi High Court order? They have revoked...

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