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The Redemption of Elizabeth Gilbert 1 Jul 2010 | 08:37 am
LIKE MANY WOMEN, my reaction — or shall we say relationship? — to Elizabeth Gilbert’s juggernaut bestseller Eat Pray Love (first published and 2006 and by 2008 a global sensation) was complicated. On ...
Each Others’ Worst Enemies: Female Rivalry at the Heart of Disempowerment 11 Mar 2010 | 02:41 am
THE TEXT OF A SPEECH delivered as the chief guest at the International Women’s Day celebrations at the Hyundai plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on March 8 2010. International Women’s Day is many t...
We’re back! 2 Jun 2009 | 03:00 am
But not here. Ultra Violet has a new home on the web. Do check out the site and give us your comments on the new look and feel. Oh, and please change your bookmarks to ultraviolet.in and tell your fri...
Slowness 12 May 2009 | 06:27 am
Things have been slow here at UV and there’s a good reason for it. There are lots of changes on the anvil in terms of thrust and design and we’re taking this month off to implement these. New, (improv...
Who is the Sleaziest of Them All? 24 Apr 2009 | 05:00 pm
Shilpa Phadke, Anjali Monteiro and K P Jayasankar ask why the reportage of the recent sexual assault of a young woman plumbs new depths in insensitive, unethical and sleazy journalism. The print medi...
PUCL-K Report: Cultural Policing in Dakshin Kannada 20 Apr 2009 | 08:25 pm
THE PEOPLE’S Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka (PUCL-K), has put together a very comprehensive report on Cultural Policing in Dakshin Kannada. The fact-finding team (which included our contributor ...
Escape 5 Apr 2009 | 07:00 am
WHERE EVERY FAMILY wants a hundred sons, but not even one daughter, where infant girls are killed using many ingenious methods, or even simpler, not allowed to be born, in such a land, what is the fut...
How Early is Too Early? 20 Mar 2009 | 08:05 pm
AT THE PRESCHOOL that I run (where I also teach), there’s a certain action song we sing that goes like this: Cook like mummy, Yum, yum, yum, (repeat thrice) Let’s have fun together! Drive like dad...
“Frida To Sharanya” 9 Mar 2009 | 06:14 pm
Sleep wherever is most convenient for you. Whoever and whatever is left in the morning, take home. Be kind. All the world is yours for the taking, long as you know that your little heart is theirs...
Poster Colours 7 Mar 2009 | 12:31 am
SOME OF YOU have asked how you can help in the campaign against the attacks on women in Mangalore and Bangalore. Running a poster campaign in your neighborhood, college or office is a quick and easy w...
