Today India is celebrating Diwali — what is also sometimes called “the festival of lamps” because everyone lights their houses with lamps. The symbolism here is that of lighting a lamp in the dark — good over evil, etc. — which is what makes it so appealing to people visiting India at this time. That [...]
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Rethinking Diwali — What’s Dark and What’s Light?
Posted by Rita Banerji on October 26, 2011
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/rethinking-diwali-whats-dark-and-whats-light/
It’s Really Not About Women’s Rights To Remove Their Clothes!
This picture was taken in May this year. That’s me in the center with some local guys on the streets of Calcutta. There are 2 things I’d like to point out about this photo: 1) If you walk down any street in India, it is not at all uncommon to find men partly clad like [...]
Posted by Rita Banerji on October 20, 2011
http://ritabanerjisblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/its-really-not-about-womens-rights-to-remove-their-clothes/
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