The Sassy Teacher Writes

Feminist is something I'm not. I believe in equality of all sexes. But when it comes to speaking on an issue as henious as Rape, I as hell become a feminist! I think everyone must be a feminist when it comes to a crime such as Rape. India will soon become the rape capital of the world. Such a sad state of affair for a country which 'worships Goddesses', a country which is refered to as 'Bharat Maa', a country which celebrates 'Raksha Bandhan' where men make promise to protect their sisters, they break this very promise when it comes to respecting another person's sister? Rape them, burn them, beat them, kill them in the womb, kill them in the name of honour. Is that the status women are reduced to? We need both men and women to be sensitive towards all three genders - Men, Women and those who don't have a gender. We in today's time don't just need Gender Equality. We need Gender Sensitization. I have been discussing with childre...

India is one country with diverse traditions, cultures and food. No wonder it attracts tourists all over the globe. I have always been a firm believer of the fact that, India itself has numerous tourist destinations, unseen natural treasures and beautiful landscapes so, we must first see what is ours and then proceed to the world. Anyway, I have had the good fortune of living (for the last 1 and a half years) in the beautiful, royal and majestic City of Lakes, situated on the southern slope of the Aravallis; Udaipur. It is a small, tourist city of Rajasthan, with a total population of not more than 6Lacs (Census of 2011 says 451735). My husband and I have travelled in and around the city, savoured on some delicious food and been a witness to a number of festivals here. Today, in this blog post of mine I present before you the extract of all that I have seen, everywhere I've been and everything that I would recommend to you, in case you plan upon visiting this splendid heritage...