Abbirami's Blog

Manisha Vaalmiki. Who is she? A 19-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered. She was born and brought up in a Dalit family from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Manisha Valmiki was brutally gang-raped by four men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. After this incident, she was admitted to a hospital in Delhi where she fought with life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for 15 days, and lastly, she lost her life on 29 September 2020. As per reports, Uttar Pradesh police didn’t file an FIR against the culprits and shamelessly defending all these four men. According to media reports, Manisha’s body was burnt by Hathras police officials without the consent of her family at 2:30 AM on 30 September 2020. After which all the villagers protest against the Uttar Pradesh police but the Government has imposed Article 144 in Hathras and seized the borders of the village to prevent any other incident. This incident took a rage on the internet after Manisha’s death and everyone came in support of M...

Yes! I'm a Feminist. No! I don't hate men. Shocking? Then you clearly have not understood the proper meaning of the word Feminist. I argued with a friend of mine on why I'm a feminist and here I'm typing the very reasons why our society needs feminism. Why am I a feminist? Because I believe equality. Then why don't we feminists call ourselves "Equalist" or "Egalitarian"? We use the word feminism because our main focus is on the unequal status of women. Still, think it's unfair? I think it's fair that feminism is called feminism considering that the entire history of the human race is called "mankind". If you stand for equality then you, my friend are a feminist. I'm a feminist for the following reasons: Boys are shamed for being emotionally open because that's a girl's thing. Street harassment or catcalling is not a compliment. The worst thing a girl and a guy can be called is a girl! I mean what is th...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) It is quite sad that the year that we all waited for is the same year that has turned the entire world upside down and into turmoil. By now you would have already guessed what I'm running to address here. Coronavirus (COVID-19) which originated from Wuhan, China. It's a virus that is spreading quickly and many more are becoming infected and some even dying. To contract the coronavirus you first have to come in contact with it either through an infected person's respiratory secretions such as a cough or a sneeze, through physical contact with them or by physically touching a surface that the virus is on and touching somewhere like your nose or your mouth before washing your hands, once the virus can enter the body, it's work can begin. The coronavirus has RNA which is the genetic information that is needed by any virus to replicate. Once the virus comes in contact with your cells it binds to receptors on that cell and once it finds its passage...