By nandan on May 5, 2010
I recently learnt something really interesting- the religious idea behind women having their menstrual cycle. I tried to learn about it because I often hear about women considered as impure during their menstrual cycle and a lot of crazy ideas associated with it. The religious reasons I found behind women considered impure during their menstrual [...]
Posted in Hindu culture, Women in pain | Tagged hindu women, Hinduism, indian women, menstrual cycle, monthly periods, women body, women rights
By nandan on April 27, 2010
I worked again with Irene who was doing her M.A. from Ca’Foscari University of Venice and her research topic was Hindu widows. I had already worked with her in October 2009 in Benares but this time she wanted to visit Vrindavan because she had heard a lot about Bengali widows living in Vrindavan and how [...]
Posted in Business, Corruption, Hindu culture, Women in pain | Tagged gender discrimination india, hindu widows, Vrindavan, widows in Vrindavan, widows varanasi, women rights
By nandan on December 10, 2009
I worked with a student named Irine from University of Venice who wanted to study widows in Varanasi. She was more interested in prostitution of widows at widow ashrams in Varanasi. I asked her how she decided to chose this subject and she said that she watched the movie Water and got interested in this [...]
Posted in Business, Women in pain | Tagged hindu widows, widows India, widows varanasi, women rights
By nandan on June 25, 2009
This question that has always been in my mind is who actually gets married- the bride and groom or their family? It is so common to hear people getting married but then there are few stories associated with these weddings that makes me confused about who actually got married- the bride and groom or the [...]
Posted in Women in pain | Tagged dowry, hindu weddings, women rights