Touching lives, holding hands Its birth was accidental but Spandana, a womens organisation in Chennapatna, is today a movement that is bent upon establishing a society without discrimination. S Senthalir profiles the organisation that has grown enormously from being just a letterhead.
The lady with the French curve! Designer Anjali Sharmas latest collection is sensory driven, simple but still manages to have the bling effect, says Marianne de Nazareth
Invoking the Goddess in us Much before Dan Brown popularised the concept of the sacred feminine, the female embodiment of the divine has been used in India as a device to mobilise women power, says Aditi Bhaduri.
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
