Archive for January, 2011
Women’s Study – Necessary Or Not
What comes to mind when someone mentions women’s studies Perhaps a course on child nutrition, or a programme on employment generation. Otherwise it invites dismissive responses – isn’t women’s studies quite out of date, with gender studies now the only serious discipline globally The subject of women’s studies is, thus, invariably surrounded by confusion, condescension or worse.
Few are aware of the unique history of women’s studies in India, which emerged in the 1970s and early 1980s, during years of political and social turmoil. A founding generation of teachers, students, young women in the IAS, and activists from different social movements came together in SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai in 1981 for the first-ever conference on women’s studies in India.
Tags: child nutrition, colleges and universities, dowry, employment generation, history of women, knowledges, male scholars, sex ratio, social turmoil, women workers
What to Do If You Don’t Like Your Major?
Life comes to us wrapped in different boxes and ribbons.
What if you had another major, and weren’t able to push on with what you really want
Think Tank
1. Write – Express yourself. Make your anguish look to be funny because you can’t change it anymore. Just fantasize and write your longings, your regrets, your next goals.
2. Sell – Sell something. Go into trading or that not so serious business stuff where at least you can earn. Sell insurance. Sell car plans. Sell real estate. Or just sell some cookies.
Tags: beauty queen, bright kids, car plans, empty cans, flower pots, fruit bearing, juicy fruits, longings, serious business, united family