I grew up in a culture where we eat many foods, including rice and rotis with our hands. And in other cultures there are foods called ‘finger-foods’ like fried chicken and burgers and pizza, that are meant to be eaten with one’s fingers BUT THE BIG RULE IS: one is allowed to put one’s finger [...]
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The One Big Rule About Using Fingers To Eat
Posted by Rita Banerji on May 22, 2012
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/the-one-big-rule-about-using-fingers-to-eat/
Will ‘PARENT’ be the Gender Neutral Term for the 21st Century?
One of my mother’s friends, after reading about Elton John’s baby last year, expressed her disapproval to me with “He’s gay! First he says he’s married to a man! Now he says he has had a baby with him. That’s impossible.” I tried to explain the concept of egg donation and surrogacy to her. She [...]
Posted by Rita Banerji on May 13, 2012
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/will-parent-be-the-gender-neutral-term-for-the-21st-century/
Why Garbage Cans Disappear in India: A Story (in Pictures)
One in every 5 humans that inhabits planet earth dumps his/her garbage in India. GARBAGE = FILTH = DISEASE Hence, one would expect an organized and efficient system of garbage collection/disposal to be a fundamental condition of nation management. However, garbage has a whole different story in India. And here it is in pictures. At [...]
Posted by Rita Banerji on April 11, 2012
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/how-garbage-disappears-into-peoples-pockets-a-story-in-pictures/
The Clever Crow Got Water, And Stupid Man Got None!
Probably the moral of this story, for the cultures that have sustained it through childhood narrations, is that one needs to be enterprising and creative to survive, particularly in the face of scarcity and hardship.
Posted by Rita Banerji on March 23, 2012
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-clever-crow-got-water-and-stupid-man-got-none/
Baby Falak Is Dead! Why Does It Not Irk India’s Feminist Movement?
Baby Falak’s death does not rattle India’s feminist movement. Nor does the ongoing female genocide. But recently they did make a big sound — a loud objection in the name of women’s rights which was heard all over India and in the press.
Posted by Rita Banerji on March 17, 2012
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/baby-falak-is-dead-why-does-it-not-irk-indias-feminist-movement/
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