The personal is political

Not been here much on Blogit. But hope to be there regularly this year. Feel relieved that so many of you are still around and there are a few others who have joined the bandwagon:-) Sign in to see full entry.

The home and the family are only a microcosm of the world. Often our basic traits remain the same in both spheres, although they may be seemingly different. Sign in to see full entry.

world at large (others) or is it for everyone including myself. Do we have a different wish list for others than for us? or are the core values of the wish list for both, the same? Sign in to see full entry.

politics. Or else there wouldn't be as many scams as there are the world over. All about amassing wealth, and huge wealth at that by standing on the side of big business corporations, while crushing the small enterprises and workers. Sign in to see full entry.

In death as in life, there must be parity. Would I want my corpse to be disposed off by burial in a coffin, or to burn it to ashes? No. no, if I want to die like I lived, I need to make sure that the environment is preserved as much as possible even in my death. So why not a stretcher that would... Sign in to see full entry.

opposed to killings and actively opposings any killings of any sort. Can I then remain a silent spectator to death penalty? Sign in to see full entry.

around, doesn't it? "I leave you peace, my peace i give you" Sign in to see full entry.

If i treat you in one way for certain contributions you have made, can I be treated another person differently in the same context for similar contributions/ Isn't there an unequal or unjust approach lurking somewhere. What we do individually and personally finally adds up to the political whole,... Sign in to see full entry.

The personal is political. The language we use has a lot to do with our political positions, our worldviews of life, from what perspective we are looking at something. So it's no longer simply words that we use to communicate. It also communicates a perspective. As Aurora Levins Morales, has said,... Sign in to see full entry.

for her household or for anything involving her life as well, I am making a point that women must have a say in decision-making processes that shape their future at all levels - be it at home, at work, on the street, in governance, wherever. Therefore the home is a microcosm of the larger world and... Sign in to see full entry.