From: "cyber diva" <cyberdiva16-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Woman Judge in Lahore Deprives Woman of Property R
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:57:27 PST





Manjusree - *good* questions:) why Harvard - Why academia - why 
Maneka... what's the *colonial* angle  - what's the self-promotion 
angle...

r

>Some quesitons I have are:
>
>1.  Why is this "conference" an *academic* one?
>2.  What is Harvard's investment in the suffering of abused/battered
>    women globally?
>3.  Why focus only on "bride burning and dowry" -- what's the link
>to        Sanskrit and Indian Studies? (I can hear the answer to this
>already!)
>4.  How should the public perceive a man who has incorporated a
>cause:      "International Society Against Dowry & Bride-Burning in
>India, Inc."? 6.  What's the "business" angle?
>
>After getting answers to these, I'm sure I'd have more questions!
>
>But, my suggestion is we write a collective letter to him.
>
>-Manjusree
>


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