On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Radhika, Y. <radhik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One observation Shobha makes really resonates for me: if women and girls > are themselves made so insecure by their circumstances how can they welcome > girl children? I don't think it is restricted to the rural poor. The ways in > which women and girls are made insecure are so many - and the most worrying > thing for me is that I see no resistance - no push back even amongst the > privileged, urban few. Bollywood, ha! all those women - Aishwarya, Rani, > Katrina, Preita - what have they done with their power??? Actually they > reflect the truth - for a woman to just lead a normal life, she has to be > superachieving. Having achieved personal power, these celebrities are happy > to keep busy with their personal lives that they would not have had without > their positions today. > > >
