Posts Tagged ‘Women’

The international children's charity, Save the Children, ranks India alongside Ghana because we do not provide health care to over 50% of our children under five years old! More shocking statistics from BBC: The report, called State of the World's Mothers, says girls die at much higher rates in India than most countries. Although India has cut ... Full story

The Indian Premier League has hit the world cricket scene with a big bang. Cricketers are seeing salaries never dreamed of before and the audiences are being treated to a variety of entertainment in the cricket stadium as a by-product of purchasing expensive tickets. So what's new? American cheerleaders, German acrobats and many other entertaining tidbits picked from ... Full story

I'm sure you must've come across all the embarrassing hullabaloo over pre-marital sex, virginity, and six-inch skirts going around in our Press lately. Embarrassing not because of the topic, but the nature of its discussion. It all started when Khushboo said something like there's nothing wrong in girls having pre-marital sex if it was safe. That is a perfectly candid statement, and if according to some ... Full story

I wrote about the Outlook article on gigolos only two days back, and since then there has been such a steady traffic to Indiblog! People have been searching for "gigolos in India", "Indian gigolos", "gigolos Mumbai", "gigolos in Delhi" and gigolos here and gigolos there... It is quite amusing to see the new-found captivation of the Indian gigolo - the male version of whore. It is also understandable that there must be curiosity in male prostitution in India. Prostitution is one of the earliest human enterprises. But what is striking is that, while "dancing girls" have always been there, "dancing boys" are a modern invention. Read more to see if this is women's liberation... Full story