>Ooops, I have not written for so long and my apologies. Many stories are waiting to be told and muh sharing is waiting at the doorstep. I have been busy with very little breaks in between to give the right amount of focus and attention to the blog. My apologies 😦But I do want to share with you an interesting program that I and some of my colleagues will be facilitating in Bangalore next month. It is called Gender and Identity. The idea is to explore how we are influenced by our ideas of who we are and a very significant portion of “who am I” is coded in our ideas of the kind of Man or Woman that we believe we are or we wish to be.I am giving below an excerpt from the brochure to give you some details of what will be explored in this program. Do write to me if you are interested to attend or
>continuity – on the move
>We have been touring North India currently and I have been fascinated by the land, the people and the culture. More fascinated by the smaller unknown places, people and their little stories. Presenting one such here: On the national highway between Chandigarh and Amritsar lies this dhaba which is quite famous in its own way … the owner proudly told us that cricketer Harbhajan Singh came in the just the other night as he had heard about the place. We stopped to have so have some tea and breakfast on our way to Amritsar … the dhaba is teaming with people – all men except two elderly ladies who are sitting there with their family. As one enters the dhaba, the men unashamedly stare … not lewdly, just plain simple staring .. no big city like codes of conduct here. They check you out especially you happen to be a female, not attired in the traditional dress codes of the
