Kannammaa Writes

  There is no dowry, dowry related abuse, and dowry killings in the Malaysian Indian community. And it's related to the Indian indentured laborers migration to Malaya (pre-independence Malaysia) during the Industrial Revolution under British rule in late 18th and early 19th century.  Along with the majority Tamils who were brought to Malaya by the Crown for cheap labor to work in rubber estates, Telugus came as well. The educated Malayalees arrived later as govt workers and professionals along with the Punjabis who were in the armed forces.  Many women from south India came to Malaya as indentured laborers during the 4th wave immigration, the majority of them being Tamils. Telugus were more open to bring women - that's how my widowed great-great-great-grandma came to Malaya. She brought her children along so she could raise them here, including daughters. Most of the south Indians brought here to work were oppressed caste people. The men were taken to clear forests, build...

  By now, y'all would've heard about a woman, Kristel Candelorio, who left her baby daughter, Jailyn Candelorio in her play pen, with several bottles of milk to go on a vacation for 10 days with a male friend/boyfriend. Jailyn endured unspeakable hunger, thirst, and terrifying abandonment and eventually succumbed to starvation and dehydration. Parenthood demands full focus and responsibility to go into caring and nurturing of your children. If you're not ready, even if you're in your 80s (like Robert De Niro), DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN. If your priority in your life is yourself (which is perfectly fine), then be very careful so you don't end up with a kid.  Kristel Candelario should pop up in the mind of everyone who's work is pestering others to have children, even though they made it clear that they are not enchanted by the idea of having little ones for any reason for that matter. LEAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT KIDS ALONE. Everyone who harasses others, including ...

  Image representative of teenage girls  I moved to a notorious section of my neighborhood when I was 12. Those were one of the darkest days in my life as I was nearly raped by a 18 years old man for rejecting his "feelings of love," toward me. Here's the story... Why da? Why you do like this da?? I was a 13 years old student, going about my way to and from afternoon session school. I only returned home at 7.15 pm and I was always harassed by a bunch of wayward boys as I walked home from where the school bus dropped me. I never responded or looked their way once. They knew my name and my house. The older boys were all school dropouts, workers at a workshop, and gang members whose job was being a nuisance. "That manja kaatu mynah is mine. Stay away from her." Yours truly, Kumar. The bulkiest guy in the group named Kumar took a covetous eye on me and began to "protect" me by telling his underlings that he had "booked" me - I was his property. H...