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Unveiling the veiled desires of sexuality and eroticism through Rajasthani folklore

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Aastha Tiwari 0 Comments folk songs, gali and kesya, gender roles. Gender discrimination, Ghatiyali village Rajasthan, ghoongat, goddess worshipping india, good woman and bad woman, honour, morality, paloo, patriarchy, rajasthani culture, Rajasthani folklore, sexuality, veil wearing women, woman’s sexuality, women’s songs

Where most mainstream Bollywood songs and even lullabies comprise lyrics that more or less sexualise and objectify women’s bodies, these songs in this Rajasthani folklore are celebratory of a woman’s desires.

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The Gendered Silencing of the Partition 1947

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 1947, abduction, colonialism, Crime, families, hindu, honour, humanity, independence, india-pak partition, kafila, Mahatma Gandhi, muslim, partition, rape, Society, thoa khalsa, women survivors of partition

The unheard narratives of women, the ones who bore the most gruesome brunt of the India-Pakistan partition.

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