Male Appeasement: Why I’m wary of celebrating Shani Shingnapur and the Pope
From the Vatican to Maharashtra, anger is rising against even the smallest gains by feminists in the religious arena, and male appeasement is getting precedence over female empowerment. The post Male...
View ArticleSabarimala temple row: Cannot interfere with religion beyond a point, says CM...
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday made it clear that his government would not interfere in the customs and traditions of the hill shrine. The post Sabarimala temple row: Cannot interfere with...
View ArticleAre you associating menstruation with impurity? SC questions Sabarimala...
The Supreme Court, which is currently hearing a plea to allow women to enter the Sabarimala temple, lambasted the Travancore Devaswom Board for being unfair and for their stand on banning entry of...
View ArticleSabarimala temple row: LDF to take a ‘considered decision’ on the entry of women
The new government in Kerala will take a considered view of the issue of entry of women into the famed Sabarimala temple and not rush into taking any decision, Minister for Temple Trusts K Surendran...
View ArticleSabarimala temple: #ReadyToWait campaigners and opponents must find common...
It’s frustrating that now that women have stepped forward to join this conversation about women’s entry to the Sabarimala temple, rather than have men decide this for them, they’re being written off...
View ArticleSabarimala temple row: Kerala govt makes a U-turn, tells SC it favours...
The previous state government had then defended the ban on entry of women in Sabarimala temple, telling the court that beliefs and customs of devotees cannot be changed The post Sabarimala temple row:...
View ArticleKerala’s U-turn on Sabarimala: Why Pinarayi Vijayan should leave faith to the...
The Kerala government’s U-turn in the Supreme Court on the issue of women’s entry to Sabarimala brings an old debate back to the table: How the law should deal with what is essentially a matter of...
View ArticleDemonetisation makes Sabarimala temple go digital, introduce e-hundi to...
To tide over the cash crunch in the wake of demonetisation, the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, where lakh of devotees converge during the pilgrimage season which began on 16 November, has...
View ArticleDemonetisation: Shutdown by LDF in Kerala disrupts normal life; tourism,...
The shutdown called by Kerala's ruling LDF on Monday appeared to be total as only private vehicles plied, offices registered minimal attendances, and normal life was crippled. The post Demonetisation:...
View ArticleKerala: Stampede in Sabarimala temple amid heavy rush; 40 injured, 3 critical
There was a heavy rush of pilgrims on Sunday, the penultimate day before culmination of the 41-day mandala pooja at the Sabarimala temple. The post Kerala: Stampede in Sabarimala temple amid heavy...
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