All the posts listed below are winners of Tejaswee Rao Blogging Awards 2011.
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1. Indian Family Values
Makes me wanna scream – Careless Chronicles
New women in old marriages - Careless Chronicles
2. How Important is it for an Indian woman to Get-Married and Stay-Married?
Why marry? – Careless Chronicles
Yes I am single so? – Nirjharani
The judges also loved,
Logic versus Lagnam – Celestial Rays
Is marriage an overrated institution?? – Shail
3. Traditional Arranged Marriages
Arranged marriages: a subversion of feminism - madperiodwoman
Desi Marriage: Eligible or Ineligible Question – Desi Girl
The judges also loved,
Arranged marriages : now and then- Ranu Chakraborty
4. Dowry
“The only way dowry and related crimes will end is when parents value daughters as much as sons.” – Unmana
More Thoughts On Dowry. – Unmana
The Bridegroom Bazaar - Meera Sundararajan
5. Choice Marriages (‘Love Marriages’)
On love marriages and my story..- Pepper
10 tips to plan a successful elopement-cum-marriage - Abhi
6. Joru Ka Gulaam
Amodini – Of ghar-jamai jokes and their side-effects.
R’s Mom asks, What’s the big deal?
The Bald Guy doesn’t think it’s a big deal,
How I/We spent my/our Sunday - The Bald Guy
7. Women and finances
Unmana – On women and financial freedom.
Richa – Lady let the man handle your finances.
8. Divorce is not a dirty word.
Closing that chapter – just as if nothing happened – Careless Chronicles
Why is the divorce rate increasing? – Nita
9. Joint Families and Indian daughters in law
Please try to choose two 
In-Law Advice: What Husbands Should Do – Unmana
In-Law Advice: What Wives Should Do – Unmana
How to be a Sanskari Bahu – Careless Chronicles
Women have feelings, just like men do – Nita
Kahaani ghar ghar ki or insert a “K” serial – Chandni
Joint Family versus Nuclear Family – R’s Mom
10. Female Feticide and Infanticide
The Pandas are Dying.- Gounder Brownie
The bad effects of too few women – Nita
11. Girl-children/ Daughters
Please do try to choose two
The feminist’s mother – Celestial Rays
Sons, anyone? – Rs Mom
Lessons From Sania Mirza Fiasco: Tips To Raise A Daughter - Giribala
Growing up female – Alankrita
12. Teenage issues and Sex education
Indian youth get their knowledge of sex mostly from friends, porno films and “self-reading”… Nita
Teenage Sex on the sly. Nita
When parents and teachers become the police – Meera Sundararajan
13. ‘Aww’- inspiring parenting moments.
The unseen scars – Celestial Rays
Little minds, big questions. – Suranga Date
14. Parenting.
Desi Parenting: Raising confused daughters – Desi Girl
Your Son today – My Husband Forever – SuKupedia
Sensitivity is Awareness : Are we ready for change? – Tikuli
15. Senior Citizens
Nuclear families/Elder care and such matters – RS
Pension Sarees and Security Blankets – Suranga
16. Indian Culture and Moral Policing
Please choose two 
The war for women. – Neo Indian
Why does a woman need a man? – Usha
The culture vultures hate pre-marital sex – Nita
What’s your culture? – Suranga Date
17. What’s in a woman’s name?
The story of Alu and Gobhi. – Chandni
What’s in a name? – Khushi
The judges also loved,
An eternal S-walk….. - Suranga Date
Someone get me a gun – Chandni
18. Gender Stereotypes
Boys don’t cry. – Starry Eyed
Where Angels Fear to Tread – Gounder Brownie
The judges also loved,
The feminine side – Liberal Cynic
What Women Want: No, I’m Not Telling You. - Unmana
19. Mythology, traditions, religion and how they interpret women’s place in society
Draupadi – Episode 10 – Manasa
Women of the world rise it is time to invent a new God(s). – Desi Girl
Diwali – Celebrating the return of goddess Sita – Giribala
20. Sexists language, jokes and mindset
Of Virtue and Virility – Meera Sundararajan
Where you insult man by insulting all women – Shail
Outraging modesty - Usha
21. Books, Ads, TV, Movies…
Girlz – Gounder Brownie
All it takes to be a doormat, eat Kellogg’s! – Kiran Manral
Indian television and women – Amodini
22. Feminism is good for the society.
Biology vs. Culture DEATHMATCH! - Nandini
The dreaded “F-word” – Chandni
23. Honor Killings
My honor is my curse. - Bhavia
Make the Khaps leave India – traitors to the Constitution. – Bhagwad Jal Park
24. Motherhood
Mamta: A perspective on roles of Indian Women. – Careless Chronicles
Woman,un-role yourself! – Usha
The judges also liked,
A little bit of laudanum in my life - Braja
25. Motherhood is worshiped. And mothers? (Category added later)
Motherhood Pain – SuKupedia
In the Name of Culture – Crescentia Kalpana David
26. Sexual Violence.
Convoluted sense of justice: Violence most foul - Shree Venkatram
Rape and dishonour- Usha
Sleeping with the enemy - Gounder Brownie
27. Street Sexual Harassment (Eve teasing)
Blank Noise - Unmana
Stop calling it “eve teasing”. You are being molested, not teased. – The Restless Quill
Outraging the modesty – Usha
Its Time To Speak Up, To Act!! – Momofrs
Adjust – Shail
28. Do men believe that women ask for it? (Category added later)
Eve Teasing and why everyone is suffering coz of it - Aditya Nayak
The Woman’s Fault for dressing provocatively? - Bhagwad Jal Park
Slut Walk – Bikram
Insensitivity of the Society - Yogesh
29. Do men face sexual harassment?
The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking – The Quirky Indian
30. Working Women
Sad but true – Chandni
The last bastion - Amodini
The judges also liked,
Why are there so few women leaders at the top of the workforce? – Richajn
Grrrr - Rs Mom on Women’s Web
Surviving in a man’s world – Meera’s reflections
31. Homemakers/ SAHM/ Non-earning working women
The ‘home maker’ stereotype – Sangitha
Conversation Starters- Stars in my eyes
Never! I don’t want his money! – Preethi (Women’s Web)
How much are you needed? – starsinmeyes
32. Domestic Violence
How Abuse Begins? - Desi Girl
Some thoughts on Domestic Violence - Shail
Girls learn to say No - TBG
Special mention: http://vawawareness.wordpress.com/
33. Marital Rape (Category added later)
The darkness of marital rapes – Madperiodwoman
My experience with domestic violence- Vidyut
34. Female Sexuality in Patriarchy (Category added later)
The Dirty Picture- Female Sexuality vs Patriarchy - Towards Harmony
35. Relationships Gyaan
I only get jealous because I love you - Preeti Shenoy
Awww – Grounder Brownie
Your Rights in A Relationship - A Desi Girl’s Guide to Relationship Survival
36. A woman is a woman’s worst enemy? (Category added later)
Desi Bahus :Gladiators in an arena - Desi Girl
Desi Women’s Friendships: Explore the Dynamics – Desi Girl
All the Old Knives - Gounder Brownie
Animal Torture – I’m a Nazi…and so are you – Bhagwad Jal Park
Aggressive dog? Tips to handle… – Kalpana Mishra
No discrimination. - Sangitha
38. Oppressive Customs
Feminism and ‘Seven steps in the sky’ - Haresh Patel
“This is how we have always done it in this family.” – Usha
Of ritualistic torture and sadistic priests - Jiamata
39. A Happy Period? (Category added later)
Have a Happy Period – Imp’s Mom
Worshiping while Menstruating – Why not? - Deeps
40. Widowhood (Category added later)
“May your husband live a 100 years!” - Hamsini Ravi
The way women are viewed is still vaguely reminiscent of the sati days in some form… – Madperiodwoman
Pickled and Preserved………जुनं मुरलेलं लोणचं … - Suranga Date
The Lady of Many Smiles - Kamini Dandapani
42. LGBT Issues. (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues)
Wish - Pawan
Where do I belong? - Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
Encounters of the Touchable Kind – Suranga
Clothing the women - Shail
Yes means yes, no means no – The Slut walk - Chandni
Dressed to kill - Yuvika Chaube
44. Media and crimes against women.
Delhi girls are easy? – Careless Chronicles
And some stories media forgets,
The Story of Shilpi Jain… and her ‘suicide’ – Da Eternal Rebel
Let’s Talk about Contraception – Sue
No sex education for us. We’re Indian – Amodini
46. Social Crimes Against Women – Posts that cover social issues like widow burning, FGM, sex selection, Dowry, victim blaming, honor killing etc
Legalizing prostitution? - Sangitha
Remembering the half-saree – Usha
All in a days work – Pawan
47. Child Abuse and CSA.
CSAAM April 2011 – Books as aids to empowering a child to stay safe from sexual abuse - Sandhya
Recognize Child Sexual Abuse - Desi Girl
How are we protecting our children?- Starsinmyeyes
Speak up! – Usha
And a special mention to – http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/
A list of blogs that deal with Gender issues.
This list will be updated.
1. Blogs that deal exclusively with Feminism, Gender Issues etc.
Towards Harmony - Prathama
A Desi Girl’s Guide to Relationship Survival – Desi Girl
Naari (Hindi) - Rachna -
Divorced Doodling
Careless ChroniclesChaya Path – Nisha
Madperiodwoman
2. Feminists in the Indian Blogosphere who blog about other things too.
Thanks for posting links to so many wonderful posts from different bloggers at one place
18 more categories to be added Haresh!
Oh okay. Got it. These posts have been selected from tens of links submitted for Tejaswee Rao blog awards, right?
Yes
nice oneeeeeeee
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Thanks IHM
(How) Can I put a badge of this on my blog?
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You can use this as the image url –
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Feminists in the Indian Blogosphere who blog about other things too.Are these ppl too winners.
Yes. The idea of including their names here is to enable those who are looking for blogs on gender issues to find them easily.
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Wow! A very, very useful post! I recently started reading blogs and didn’t know there was so much to read on Indian feminism (our media rarely speaks of women’s issues beyond reporting crimes!). Thank you very much for this collection!
Funnygypsy – Yes we do need these voices heard!!
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Here’s a post I had once written on dowry from a men’s point of view, just thought of sharing it with you…
http://kstreetjournal.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/the-great-indian-dowry-drama/
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Wow, I’m so glad I found this blog. I’m even gladder to find so many bloggers who think like me. Keep up the great job. Building awareness on women’s issues will definitely prompt action.
it feels good to know there are so many like-minded women out there
Excellent list of blogs (beside your excellent blog) to follow. It’s very refreshing to see a bunch of very reasonable people. Thanks.
It would have been even better if the list of posts under LGBT category were by real LGBT people rather than non-LGBT folks presenting their privileged point of view.
That’s a point Change, I hope this year there are entries written by LGBT people. Do drop a link if you read related posts written by Indian bloggers.
I will keep an eye out for Indian LGBT blogs. The handful of LGBT blogs that I know/read are from North America. Actually one of my reasons for checking out the category on your list is to get to know some good ones from India/Indian perspective.
IHM,
Here’s an heart-felt article written by a gay student at IIT Madras in the college magazine. It’s a shame that colleges like the IITs don’t have LGBT counseling/orientation.
http://students.iitm.ac.in/thefifthestate/2011/07/standard-deviation/
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Dear IHM,
If possible please add facebook feed of Manisha pandey — https://www.facebook.com/manisha.pandey.564
She writes in hindi but she is amongst the strongest voices of indian feminism in my opinion. At least some of your readers who can read hindi will enjoy Manisha’s writing.