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Our right to Birth or Not is Ours Alone

This can't be happening!  US, which was the frontrunner of democratic rights once upon a time, has snatched the rights of women to abort! Women don't have a say in their reproductive rights in this day and age. Bowing down to electoral compulsions and pressures of dogmatic, narrow-minded chauvinists, America has dealt the cruel blow on all its female citizens. Women's Right to Their Own Bodies is Not Negotiable! One of the most fundamental of rights we all have is the right to our own body . Birthing is a collateral of that right.  If only men knew what childbirth  and subsequent child rearing really meant and involved. Sitting at the periphery, its easy to pass moral judgments on character and forbid abortion . No woman, however independent or practical or hard-hearted, takes the decision to abort happily. Can you imagine cutting off your finger willingly? That's how it hurts, when you part with your flesh and blood.  When she goes ahead with one of the toughes...

Bangla cinema - a ray of hope

This write up of mine on Bangla movies has been published in the She Saga magazine. It analyses the present state of Bengali movies, and detects some optimistic developments.  #aparajito #belashuru #banglacinema #newmovies #bengalimovies #bengalifilmdirectors Published article on Bangla cinema