Food For Thought
April 4, 2013 Leave a comment
Housewives=Prostitutes=Beggars=Thieves?
April 4, 2013 7 Comments
Apparently the Census of India clubs housewives with prostitutes, beggars and prisoners as they are all deemed to not engage in economically productive work.The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to this and has held that housewives are employees and their ‘gratuitous’ services to their husbands and children can’t be taken for granted.Thanks to Remi for bringing this factoid to my notice.Ladies note that at least the highest court of the land acknowledges your unpaid labour!
Mumbai For Women
April 3, 2013 7 Comments
Last Saturday I attended the ‘Mumbai for Women‘ IndiBlogger meet, a TOI initiative to highlight Mumbai’s duty towards its female residents.This TOI initiative was in response to the Nirbhaya gang rape case. The organizers assured us that every post we participants turned in before the deadline would be read by the TOI editors.So this is my attempt to bring about IndiChange by pitching to the people who shape debates and influence opinions.This is in lieu of all the letters to the editor I never wrote………
Mumbai might be the best city for women in India,but as the video says there is still place for the city to love its female residents a little bit more.Aside from blogging I would love to be more actively involved in bringing about change.So if some idea in this post grabs you,feel free to contact me and lets start working.Also if you are addressing these issues in some other way,please don’t hesitate to contact me.I don’t always need to do things my way.
Here’s my list of areas to work on to make Mumbai a better place for women. Read more of this post
The ‘Modus Operandi’ of HSBC
April 2, 2013 Leave a comment
Normally I ignore anything to do with the IAC, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal but comments on the YouTube CobraPost Videos drawing parallels with HSBC got me googling to see what all the noise was about.
Following are the statements of three people who had opened accounts in Dubai, Zurich and Geneva with HSBC Bank,given when they were questioned under Section 132 (4)/133A of the Income Tax Act, 1961: Read more of this post
Cobra Post Videos
April 1, 2013 Leave a comment
It took me a while to watch this series of videos from Aniruddha Bahal. If you are inclined to watch them,the links to the public videos are available below. But be warned that they get repetitive after a while.
So what do you think?Have you similar experience either as a customer,financial intermediary or banker? Read more of this post
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