tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post6337482328900741955..comments2024-03-07T08:59:32.598+05:30Comments on My Think Pad: The transitionsilverinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-61531403356345423812009-01-20T21:11:00.000+05:302009-01-20T21:11:00.000+05:30"... watching their hard earned money making peopl..."... watching their hard earned money making people take things easy and leading to increasing irresponsibility amongst youngsters." How true.<BR/><BR/>A very well-written psot, and one that makes me think. It is always the women who have to bear all the suffering, on top of working to maintain the family. Sons grow up watching their mothers suffer at the hands of their fathers, and are all RAJI MUTHUKRISHNANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767924355822361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-75580347208704799292009-01-15T15:09:00.000+05:302009-01-15T15:09:00.000+05:30Hi,I beleive that the root cause of evil against w...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I beleive that the root cause of evil against women in the state is due to ever so high proportion of alchoholics in the state. Take care of that nuisance and half the problem is solved. On the brighter side, Kerla has one of the highest female to male ratio and its not seen a trouble/ sin /curse to give birth to a girl child unlike in many other areas. <BR/><BR/>RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-53637325724470226832009-01-15T12:01:00.000+05:302009-01-15T12:01:00.000+05:30Hi Silverine,U have made an interesting observatio...Hi Silverine,<BR/><BR/>U have made an interesting observation,but same situation is happening from ages as a vicious cycle.<BR/><BR/>Blame it on toddy effect or the system of society or male dominated society,where women are still considered as under privileged in the section of daily labourers.<BR/><BR/>With the education and active participation of media , attitude and stigma associated are Dreamcatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810131384961257690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-75306079213831968082009-01-13T14:43:00.000+05:302009-01-13T14:43:00.000+05:30well written one, and so so true..Though it all ju...well written one, and so so true..<BR/><BR/>Though it all just made me think about a similar paradox of these days, with the high income IT sons and daughters being looked upon as cash vending machines. most of them get played into the same trap by their families back at home, manipulating in the name of 'traditional values'.. and the karan johar / suraj barjatya inspired generation just falls inUshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035335987985416714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-86786728687036130432009-01-10T11:57:00.000+05:302009-01-10T11:57:00.000+05:30RM: Thanks for pointing it out. Have corrected it!...RM: Thanks for pointing it out. Have corrected it! :)<BR/><BR/>Rexzilla: The abuse a mallu woman bears is far more humiliating than what a woman in other states go through. Its a little complicated to explain. But you are right. The whole commie movement is sustained because of remittances.<BR/><BR/>Phoenix: Ironic!<BR/><BR/>Karthik: 'Varavelppu' was a very telling movie. But nothing changed evensilverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-38979724196192656092009-01-09T17:05:00.000+05:302009-01-09T17:05:00.000+05:30well put piece!!Nowadays another phenomenon has ta...well put piece!!<BR/>Nowadays another phenomenon has taken kerala by the grips; another supposedly NRI created situation: <BR/>if a household in kerala had 2 cows and a small vegetable garden of its own at home in the past, now they have all stopped such self-sufficiency creating activities because "mon ameeerika-ilaa avanu nanakedaaville ivide ingane njan pashune okkee karannu jeevikunnathu Kunjoottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195381713805178153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-91892963277172115892009-01-09T12:35:00.000+05:302009-01-09T12:35:00.000+05:30Your account of Achamma and her plight moved me a ...Your account of Achamma and her plight moved me a great deal! <BR/><BR/>Although a Keralite, I have spent all my life outside of Kerala with the exception of 2 years! <BR/><BR/>During my stay, I did witness first hand of how party politics paralysed the workings of the state and the industrial machinery! It is little wonder thus that Kerala remains far behind in progress in comparison to its Rakesh Vanamalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918768913569739758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-59878235670137994992009-01-08T10:47:00.000+05:302009-01-08T10:47:00.000+05:30You are spot on when you say that a transition is ...You are spot on when you say that a transition is happening. It would be naive to think that family ties are weakening, its a case of people waking up to weed out the parasites instead of supporting them blindly. Family ties will be strong and meaningful only if relationships are symbiotic or commensal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689521778133988403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-6761935682955046932009-01-08T10:01:00.000+05:302009-01-08T10:01:00.000+05:30Well written... Hope more people have a transition...Well written... Hope more people have a transition like this ... So amny women who work hard especially in lower strata of society so that their husbands can fill themselves with booze daily.Deeptihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945856816130429384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-55432421780790917222009-01-07T23:08:00.000+05:302009-01-07T23:08:00.000+05:30Transition you say? One hopes. Things are etched b...Transition you say? One hopes. <BR/><BR/>Things are etched beautifully in your memory. First two paragraphs so nicely written.<BR/><BR/>Rexzilla makes a good point about expat remittances.<BR/><BR/>I saw 'Varavelppu' recently. BRILLIANT movie. Deals with this along with many other issues. Marvelously scripted!skarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438206586553429725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-3852770158834831122009-01-07T21:54:00.000+05:302009-01-07T21:54:00.000+05:30According to this study "domestic violence has eme...According to <A HREF="http://209.85.175.132/search?q=cache:SzsLDZZ1QRUJ:ncw.nic.in/pdfreports/%2520Domestic%2520Violence%2520against%2520women%2520in%2520Kerala.pdf+plight+of+women+in+kerala&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=in&client=firefox-a" REL="nofollow">this</A> study "domestic violence has emerged as one of the most serious problem faced by women in Kerala."Annemariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984266447303824505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-43160339056452337542009-01-07T19:42:00.000+05:302009-01-07T19:42:00.000+05:30Nice post :)I've recently started reading both you...Nice post :)<BR/>I've recently started reading both your blogs-quite a contrast in your writing style, though that's understandable given this is your 'serious topic' blog.<BR/>About this post- I sometimes wonder when I hear about Kerala being better for women since it's a matriarchal society and is thus more progressive. The story of abusive husbands plays out among the poor everywhere.<BR/>I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-16879777582068542612009-01-07T18:56:00.000+05:302009-01-07T18:56:00.000+05:30This was pretty good. I don't know anyone in Kera...This was pretty good. I don't know anyone in Kerala, and didn't know of the entire funda of sending money back to the party workers. Interesting. So much so, that just this once, I'll just call you Anju.<BR/><BR/>Btw, your link on "Teresa" isn't working.. :)_https://www.blogger.com/profile/15184479885369099335noreply@blogger.com