Anubha Bhonsle
Bio:
Anubha Bhonsle, the executive editor of CNN-IBN, is an award-winning journalist and author who reports extensively on politics, gender and human rights. In the past 10 years, much of Bhonsle's reportage has concentrated on the impact of long-standing conflict. She has reported from Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast of India, and especially Manipur. She is a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award for her coverage of funding of political parties, and received the Chameli Devi Award in 2014. She is the author of Mother, Where's My Country?, a work of reportage from Manipur.
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What happens when a religious leader supports female genital mutilation
In the confines of their home in Boston, the Bandukwalas decided that their 8-year-old would not undergo khatna, the name given to the practice of female genital mutilation by their community of Dawoodi Bohras. While hardly dinner conversation, the topic was in the air all evening. Finally, the couple agreed not to do it.
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'An amorous lump of flesh': Female genital mutilation continues in an unexpected country
A middle-aged woman, her face not shown, her hands painted with henna, is talking about “haraam ki boti,” Hindi for “an amorous lump of flesh.” She is referring to the clitoris in female genitalia that a number of cultures around the world believe must be cut to control or tame sexual desire in women.
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When the unspeakable happens but no one listens: A repressed story of rape in Manipur
Effects of a conflict linger differently on different people. The following excerpt from my book, Mother, Where’s My Country?, is a story of struggle, loss, lack of closure, and denial of memory and justice. The book and excerpt are set in the northeast Indian state of Manipur, a gritty landscape.
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