Only a lunatic can imagine that – building foundations amidst a psunami, with the sea biting her ankles. She looks for collaboration from submerged life beneath the surface.
The movement against women entering a revered temple is in full swing. Two women show the courage to break the law, and unrest grips the town. Yet, 3.5 million women stand shoulder-to-shoulder on national highways to form a human chain called the Kerala wall. Similar events are being held in different cities to show solidarity, in the battle against gender inequality.
Salute the spirit!
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Weekend Writing Prompt by Sammi Cox
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Reena Saxena 
Powerful writing, Reena 🙂
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Thank you, Sammi!
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I salute. I like your timely use of the prompt.
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Thank you!
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Brave and courageous women, joining together to challenge some men’s backward looking beliefs. A really important issue.
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Thank you! I guess solidarity stems from wounds inflicted by unequal treatment, accumulating for decades.
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Kudos to these women. Nice take. Best wishes for 2019, dear Reena.
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Wishing you the same, Indira!
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Thanks, dear.
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👍
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Didn’t know about this event before reading the story – thanks for bringing it up!
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Thanks!
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I read about this on the BBC news yesterday. It’s amazing the courage and bravery these women are showing. My heart and support goes out to them.
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The cause may not appear worthwhile to all. I, for one, may not bother about being allowed entry into a temple. But it highlights how exclusion and inequality impact a mindset, and the solidarity that rebellion can spark is tremendous.
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Not only that, it’s this idea that women are somehow unclear because of a natural part of life. If you read the Christian bible you find the same discrimination, a woman is unclean for a week after giving birth to a boy and she’s unclean for twice as long is she give birth to a boy. Our reproductive organs do not define us, they therefore should not limit us.
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