What it takes to be oneself?

Being Me

A slowly filling
Silence;
Muted by the
Melody;
Of heartbeats
Soft;

Cosseted by wafting
Unspoken words;
Life moves within.

Surging, rushing
Feelings
From within to without...
I give expression to
The Unique Me.

I am a woman
Warm, Worthy
I know!
Holding that key

To Shakthi, and Shanti
I am Janani Jeeva...
I am life...

Procreator,
Not just of life,

But of love

Of just Being.


By Usha Pisharody, 8 March, 2009

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I believe

''Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.''

Sadly a woman who is the creator of life still finds herself second to her progeny because of gender.

As a woman I only ask for two things: equality and justice. So that in future we don't need a special day to commemorate women.

By Solilo ,8th March 2009

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As long as a woman is made to feel weak BECAUSE she is a woman,as long as she faces hurdles both visible and invisible BECAUSE she is a woman, the scenario in India is unlikely to change.

The day when a woman in India can live on her own without fear ,without the terror that she might be targetted because she is a woman.The day a woman is not to made feel less because she is a woman.

The day a woman in India is treated as an equal not just in word but in spirit. That will be the day a woman will find what it means to simply be a human being.

Nothing more,nothing less.

Our bodies.
Our life.
Our right to decide.

''The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.'' ~Roseanne Barr

By Indyeah, 8th March 2009

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Being me?

A lot of things!

but for now...

Just some random thoughts ….

Being free of conditioning…

Not having to watch women believe they are weaker...

Being able to see that it's not about religion, culture, class …

Of refusing to buy such divides.

Of being able to show no matter what name we call her by,

God does not condone injustice in her name.

Whether it is a Jesme Raphael who risks being declared mad for speaking out,

Or another helpless sister being paraded in the streets of Orrisa,

An Imrana being told to marry her father in law because he raped her,

Or a Bilkis who became statistics...

Girls in Mangalore being taught a lesson just for being girls,

Or women in slums battered every evening because their husbands need no Pubs or Indian culture...

Or some other mothers whose children cannot pray to her god,

Because they married a man who worships another god.

It is never about religion or culture.

Just like rape is not about sex.

And molestation has nothing to do with how provocatively a girl was dressed.

Being me

Would also be a refusal to fall into any divisive traps,

Of how my subjugation is better (or worse) than yours.

Of if I have not worked as a field hand,

Does not mean I can’t see how wrong it is to pay her less because she belongs to another gender.

Being me would also mean I will not put down another woman
no matter how many times I am warned

How unfairly prettier or obscenely successful she is.

Being me would mean being too self assured to allow this devious divisiveness

To make me forget that a trap is just a trap

And every trap is an obstacle in the race against prejudice,

Being me would be going overboard sometimes.

But never forgetting any of this....

By Indian Homemaker, 9th March 2009

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Voices, Action, Focus!

With a key issue, of Gender Equality, uppermost in our minds, we take stock of what is happening as voices gather to act, and focus, on stressing upon Constitutional Rights, especially for Freedom and Equality.

With inputs from different virtual spaces, real issues are being faced, challenges are being taken up, and Valentine's Day is a test of fire, for making a difference here, for women, and indeed for men. We aren't going to take it anymore. Not from anyone who presumes to dictate to the Indian population what culture, values and morality mean.

Here is what Indyeah is involved in. Joining a protest march in Delhi, on 14th February. Read more on it here, at Namrata's blog, Stand Up To Moral Policing.


Indian Homemaker, in has plans for all of us, wherever it be. And it's a pretty pink one! You can read about it on the sidebar of her blog.


And Solilo, though far away in the US, is protesting and adding her voice for Freedom and Equality in her own way, through this wonderful post "Here a Pink, there a drink, everywhere a Pink-Drink"!


Take a look at this, the much spoken about "Pink Chaddi Campaign", a novel way to ensure a non violent, humourous and novel way to protest and change a tyrant's mind, and heart!

Here is our team wishing all of these movements, engaged in the sole pursuit of regaining self esteem and dignity of humanity, all success!

Jai Ho, for a sensible, balanced and equal tomorrow!