Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Sita Sings the Blues: an animation film by Nina Paley

    8 March 2009

    http://sitasingstheblues.com/

  • India: Dead Women Tell No Tales

    by Ania Loomba, 8 March 2009

    Sati has been a focal point not only for the colonial gaze on India, but also for recent work on post-coloniality and the female subject, for nineteenth- and twentieth- century Indian discourses about tradition, Indian culture and femininity, and, most crucially, for the women’s movement in India.1

  • The Social Justice Mirage in Market Driven Fairtrade: a case study from India

    by Ranjana Das, 8 March 2009

    This paper received an ISS MA Research Paper Award for the academic year 2007-2008
    – (ISS working paper series / General series, ISSN: 0921-0210, series_number: 467)

  • "The Womens Movement is a larger thing" - Interview with Kamla Bhasin

    by Nazneen Shifa, 8 March 2009

    Kamla Bhasin is a renowned feminist activist and gender trainer in South Asia. She has written extensively on gender issues. Most notable among her publications are: Borders and Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition, co-authored by Ritu Menon, Rutgers University Press, 1998, and What is Patriarchy? Kali for Women, 1993. Interviewed by Nazneen Shifa, a development worker and feminist activist in Dhaka

  • Women for Secularism - A Vision Statement

    by Women for Secularism, 8 March 2009

    March 7, 2009
    Dear Friend,
    It is our fundamental conviction that women can play very important role in promoting secularism and secular values in our country which is coming increasingly under the influence of communal forces. We met in Mumbai for a day on 7th February under the aegis of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism and decided to launch a forum "Women for Secularism". A committee was formed to draft vision statement for this forum. We are forwarding this vision statement (…)

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