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| April 12, 2013 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Media Gag in Kashmir, Politics, Shehla Rashid in Print |
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Justice Verma Committee Recommendations
| January 29, 2013 | Kashmir, Politics, Women |
The Justice Verma committee report, lauded by most people, concludes with these words: “The recommendations made in this report, unless urgently implemented, will end the exercise conducted by this Committee in futility“. You can download the complete report here but the Conclusions and Recommendations are reproduced here for convenience. As a recent…
Yeh Door Darshan Hai!
| January 27, 2013 | Kashmir, Media Gag in Kashmir, Politics |
I wrote this blog post in November, 2011 on my old blog. I’ve simply copied it here. When Kashmir got its first ‘dedicated’ Kashmiri language satellite channel, the general response to it was optimistic. Kashmiris began to fancy that they, for a change, will have a voice. Little did they know that this channel was…
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) was a feminist and feminism is Sunnah
| January 25, 2013 | Islam, Politics, Women |
Here’s wishing all Muslims a blessed 12th Rabbi-ul-Awwal the birth date of the holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him). Although there exists a lot of debate around whether this day should be commemorated or not, there’s no second opinion on the fact that his birth was a blessing for the entire humanity.…
Reminders of my helplessness
| January 19, 2013 | Kashmir, Media Gag in Kashmir, Politics, Women |
Although this post contains references to my work, the views expressed are entirely my own. Over the past few months, I’ve been asked this question several times: “What exactly do you do?”. Well, my work involves advocacy of free speech and examination of censorship-related cases. I defend free speech as long as it does not…
We ignore the problem till it stares us in the face
| January 4, 2013 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics, Shehla Rashid in Print, Women |
A version of this article appeared in a local daily, Rising Kashmir When I was in the seventh grade, I used to go a neighbouring colony (or “lane” as we call it) to attend tuition classes. I could hardly, if ever, find teachers who impressed me. This time I did. On my way I would often get…
Why the notion of rape as culture needs to be discarded
| December 22, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Uncategorized, Women |
It’s said that while intelligence has its limits, stupidity has none. “Girls get raped because they are not married off early”, “rapes are consensual”, “rapes happen because men and women interact freely”, “rapes are a conspiracy to malign the government”, and finally, “rapes happen because of chowmein”! Welcome to India. Absurdity is at an all-time…
Not the last rape; so what’s new?
| December 22, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Women |
This is not the first incident of rape. Certainly not the last. The act of rape is perhaps as old as human “civilization”. Within one week of the Delhi gangrape incident, another woman has reportedly been raped by three of her neighbours (emboldened, perhaps, by it) at knife point in East Delhi. A three year…
Mr. Chief Minister, is it because children cannot vote?
| August 30, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics |
12-year old Faizan Sofi was arrested, tried in an normal court, sent to a so-called juvenile home where he was allegedly harassed and humiliated. Faizan was released on bail but mentally tortured and intimidated ever since. His mother is in a state of shock and his father has advised him to skip school for a…
The case for criminalisation of public misogyny
Misogyny and public figures Aristotle is believed to have said that women are just “imperfect males”, he is often accused of misogyny though he also believed that “a society cannot be happy unless women are happy”. Thousands of years after he lived, his companions still roam the Earth. They’re not only males but also “imperfect…