When women ask for it: Veena Venugopal

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Guest post by VEENA VENUGOPAL

To me, the most memorable scene in Dev D is the one where Paro takes a mattress from home and ties it to her cycle. When she reaches the edge of the field, she abandons the cycle, lifts the mattress on her shoulder and marches to the clearing where she lays it down and waits for her lover.

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Of critical pedagogy and rational thinking...

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So, it has been a while that people have been asking me to write and I was also giving it a serious thought, the only handicap being what to write on! I thank Tehelka from the bottom of my heart for giving me a break. Recently I came across a bunch of cartoons published by this Magazine in support of “Freedom of Expression” in textbooks.

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