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Kerala woman shunned by husband, in-laws for entering Sabarimala temple returns home after local court order
• 6 years agoArmed with a local court order, the woman whose in-laws had thrown her out for entering the Sabarimala Temple returned to her husband's home in Kerala
After Sabarimala entry, Kanaka Durga finds house locked, forced to take refuge at One Stop Centre
• 6 years agoKanaka Durga, an employee of the Civil Supplies Department, had scripted history along with Bindu, a college lecturer and CPI(M) ML activist, on 2 January by offering prayers at the Ayyappa shrine
Kanaka Durga seeks refuge in shelter home: Family of woman who entered Sabarimala disowns her days after attack by mum-in-law
Fp Staff • 6 years agoKanaka Durga had been undergoing treatment at the Calicut medical college after allegedly being attacked by her mother-in-law and now her brother and husband have declared that she won't be allowed to enter their houses.
From Sabarimala protests to the nun rape case, Kerala society’s attitude towards women reflects a dichotomy
Gita Aravamudan • 6 years agoWhat is that hidden misogyny in this society which continues to allow such complex Lakshman rekhas to be drawn around women? And the answer is not simple. Because Kerala society itself is so complex and its social history is unlike any other.
Sabarimala row: Mother-in-law's attack on Kanaka Durga shows how orthodoxy is still ingrained among Kerala Hindus
Tkdevasia • 6 years agoKanaka Durga, who returned to her husband’s house at Angadipuram in Malappuram district on Tuesday (15 January), was reportedly hit on her head by her mother-in-law.
'My contribution to gender justice,' says woman who entered Sabarimala; Centre seeks report from Kerala govt on violence
Fp Staff • 6 years agoViolence broke out in Kerala after two women, identified as Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga, were declared the first women to have offered prayers at Sabarimala.
Sabarimala protests: Hartal and violence in various parts of Kerala; BJP worker dies after being stabbed in Thrissur
Fp Staff • 6 years agoKerala witnessed widespread stone pelting, blocking of vehicles and incidents of violence and vandalism on Thursday as the Hindu outfits called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the state against the entry of two women of menstruating age into the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala.
Sabarimala protests: As two women enter the temple, look at past struggles for equality in Kerala and what lies ahead
Gita Aravamudan • 6 years agoBindu, a 42-year-old lecturer in the School of Legal Studies in Kannur University and 44-year-old Kanaka Durga who works in the Civil Supplies Department in Malappuram unobtrusively entered the Sabarimala temple at 3.30 am on 2 January.