A 13-year old girl hides behind a locked door in her own home. A prisoner, whose only crime is to be born a woman. She is from Southern India and is locked away by her family in her own home, in an Islamic community where tradition sees girls being banned from attending school and leaving …
Category Archive: Age of Kali
Mar 19 2013
Age of Kali – Leap of Faith
A British woman has broken her leg after leaping from her hotel balcony. Why? Because a man offered her a massage. You know how women are crazy right? I mean a massage? Can’t a man approach a unknown woman in the early hours of the morning to give her a massage without them leaping from …
Mar 17 2013
Age of Kali – Here we are Again
There isn’t a day that goes by in India without another rape. However sometimes there are specific cases that come to light where we can focus on the real ills of society. On Friday Night a woman and her husband were setting up a tent in Madhya Pradesh. They were attacked by around 4 to …
Mar 11 2013
Age of Kali – Delhi Rape – Update
Ram Singh, one of the accused in the rape and subsequent murder of a young woman in Delhi has been found dead in his cell in Tihar Jail. The official statement is that he had committed suicide by hanging, but one of the defence lawyers (V.K. Anand not Lal Sharma) has claimed that Ram Singh …
Mar 10 2013
Age of Kali – Don’t Interfere
“This is not your business, don’t interfere.” Were the last words I heard from a patient’s husband before he took a swing at a nurse with his sickle knife. Let’s call him B (for Bastard?). He didn’t hurt anyone and the ensuing melee with his friends resulted in my glasses getting broken and him needing …
Mar 08 2013
Age of Kali – Western
Rapes in India are “rarer” against white women, not because they are safer but because they are more likely to fight back. Nearly every woman travelling has a story about sexual harassment or a “hairy moment”. (TW – Video contains a story about rape) Some of them however have a story to tell where …
Feb 23 2013
Age of Kali – Hyderabad
It’s pretty quiet, the majority of the people are staying home today. The few shops that are open have few people in them. My cases were not as astonishing as the scenes from yesterday. Cuts and bruises, headaches and fevers. My job is relief. Fresh meat for the grinder and a warm body who can …
Feb 18 2013
Age of Kali – Bangladesh – A Sad Story
Taslima Nasrin wrote about the murder of a Bangladeshi blogger. In January I wrote about the attempted murder of another. Their crime was to be an atheist. It’s NSFW or NSFL (Gore and Death Imagery) but it is a fact of life for people living in the Sub-Continent. http://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/2013/02/16/bangladesh-a-fucked-up-country/ If you really want to see …
Feb 15 2013
Age of Kali – Valentine’s Day
So what would you do for love? In India, Valentine’s day is pretty big. Indians are pretty romantic in the cheesy sort of way. Diamonds, Flowers, Cards, Stuffed Animals… The whole shebang. But one of the sadder sides of this is the backlash. You see in a country whose movie heroes regularly fall in love, …
Feb 12 2013
Age of Kali – Vishwaroopam and Censorship
So I managed to watch Vishwaroopam. For those who are unaware of the “controversy”, there is really none. But basically? A bunch of Islamic and Muslim organisations demanded that the movie be banned or heavily censored because of it’s alleged portrayal of Islam. Since the material involved a Jihadi plot out of Afghanistan, it kind …
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