'In Delhi where I grew up I knew a girl who carried a meat knife. Tired of daily molestations, she used to say that the next stranger who fondled her, in the bus, or on the street as he brushed past, would feel it.'
My op-ed in the IHT on one of my favourite cities.
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My op-ed in the IHT on one of my favourite cities.
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Loved this post. I thought you might like to check out this one - considering our love of mumbai http://discoversanket.blogspot.com/2008/11/home-is-burning.html
I should probably have commented on the IHT article but too lazy to sign in. So here: I grew up in and love Mumbai. I believed it was the safest city in India. Now that I have moved to a truly safe city I see that Mumbai was far from safe - no city where every woman can claim the dubious honour of having been molested in the street at least once in her life there deserves any praise. Yes, I wore shorts in Mumbai but only in certain areas. Yes, I went out late at night with only a couple of girls but we were aware we were taking a not-so-slight risk. Patting ourselves on the back that Mumbai is safer than other cities has resulted in a complacency that is endemic to everything in India. This discussion on Indian Homemaker's Blog (http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/which-city-in-india-do-you-think-is-the-safest-city-for-women-do-women-in-that-city-stay-at-home-after-dark/) revealed to me that there are other cities that do better on the safety stakes at least for women - cities in Gujarat and cities in the North East.
Returned from a short trip in Mumbai yesterday. This is my first trip I did not dream it, or something unexpected about this city is still a strong urge to write something that was thought. In a terrible state as long as there are many poor people live in Mumbai, typically have a dream, almost all have a few millionaires. The presence of many of the poor also create many problems for the rich, but they decided to live together. Poor people earn too little and can not afford a decent home to live in the slums is due to obvious reasons. They are the poor pay more for services from the people to get rich, you can go down their profits. Wealthy people get them cheap labor and poor people's large population due to the presence of the face for the inconvenience compensation. Low-income class population in the burst as a result of the rich people cheaper and cheaper labor and income, as well as the standard of living being raised poor applies to the people to maintain better living conditions will only continue. Rich and poor government and poor economic disparities between these families recognize the importance of limiting the size of the gap does not need some serious action loop is broken, there is no way to Hahn
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