*AALI VACHRATANCHI VAARI* - Come September, Mumbai is next on the list, with preparations on full swing by spirited & overwhelming young Mumbaikars to host the biggest ever SlutWalk on the face of the earth. Women should participate in such a march to mark the unceded territory of women’s bodies. Language is a weapon yielded against the powerless. People should be made to realize that it’s the rapists that cause rape and sexual assault can never be justified.
Those who are opposed to such SlutWalks should realize that it is not only about women & clothing, but it is more complicated a question which needs to be addressed seriously. Even in rural India where women are ‘legally’ required to cover their entire bodies, sexual assault occurs. The idea that there is some aesthetic that attracts sexual assault or even keeps you safe from sexual assault is inaccurate, ineffective and even dangerous. Read more on my blog: http://anjalirao.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- *Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao* Chairperson, Indology Goa GIRIVAR, Opp.Dhempe College, Miramar Beach, Post-Caranzalem, City-Panaji, Goa 403002 INDIA Phone/Fax: 0091-832-2462195 Cellphone: 0091-9765974786 Apple iPhone: 0091-9823271968 http://www.facebook.com/dr.anjali.m.rao http://twitter.com/dranjalirao http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dr-anjali-mohan-rao/16/aa2/a09 http://anjalirao.blogspot.com/ " Keep three words in your pocket: TRY, TRUE, TRUST; TRY for better future, TRUE with your work, TRUST in yourself, then success is yours. "
