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Breakthrough Haryana Community Mela 22 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
On Monday, August 5th, a group of Google volunteers with Breakthrough joined the “Faith in Theatre” actors for a street play in Ganaur, a local Haryana village in the Sonipat district, to engage the c...
17th August 2013 – Pamphlets, Painting and Rallies in Lucknow 19 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
Breakthrough’s trainers and rights advocates set out on the 17th of August 2013 to the Lala Mahadev Prasad Balika Mahavidyalaya in Gosaiganj (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) to raise the confidence of the stu...
Misogyny and leaders: Responses to the Delhi gang rape incident 14 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
The people of India took it to the streets to protest against sexual violence against women after the death of a 23-year old woman who was subjected to a homicidal gang rape in a moving bus in India’s...
दुआ का सच! 13 Aug 2013 | 09:27 am
ज़ख्म देता है कोई,मुझे कोई दवा देता है, कौन ऐसा है,यहाँ जो मुझको वफ़ा देता है! ये बारिशें भी कब यहाँ साल भर ठहरतीं है, हर नया मौसम मिरे ज़ख्मों को हवा देता है। तेरी बातें न करूँ मैं, अगर दीवारों स...
Portrayals of Women in Indian Advertising – Part 4 – The Progressive 9 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
In our last post we look at progressive ads, or ads which show women as independent and empowered. Even in such positive portrayals, however, we find some frightening messages related to who exactly c...
Natak Dekho and Fight for Women’s Rights in Haryana 9 Aug 2013 | 10:19 am
In Haryana, there are only 830 girls for every 1000 boys. A normal ratio is 1050 girls for every 1000 boys. Stop for a moment and think. Where have all the girls gone? Through illegal technologies, ...
Portrayals of Women in Indian Advertising – Part 3 – The Sexual 8 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
In this post we examine sexual advertisements, which we define as ads that focus on women as sexual objects. Sample advertisements: This is a commercial for Wildstone deodorant. It is extremely simp...
Portrayals of Women in Indian Advertising – Part 2 – The Traditional 7 Aug 2013 | 01:40 pm
In this post we explore traditional advertisements, which we define as ads that show women in highly traditional gender roles such as mother, cook, etc. Sample advertisements: http://www.fortunecook...
Portrayals of Women in Indian Advertising – Part 1 – Introduction 6 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
The following four-part series of blog posts is a brief analysis of how women are portrayed in contemporary Indian advertising, and what that means for Indian women. Each week we will post a new type ...
On Being A Mother And A Woman, In That Order 30 Jul 2013 | 02:10 pm
Kid 2 embarked on a new adventure in his life today. It gives me immense pride to see my little cherub begin his college life. Till kids are in school we usually consider them as kiddos and then in a ...
