A single woman’s life is scrutinized and judged. Societal attitudes towards single women needs change and women must choose not be affected judgemental people. I have been searching for an apartment where I plan to move in with my parents. Having lived independently for the past 4.5 years, this has been a big change. I …
Beyonce’s daughter was trolled for her appearance, by women themselves. Women judging other women (including children) based on looks, is demeaning and unhealthy. Women have always had this question in mind. We may not say it out loud, but in our mind we are always judging how other women are looking, and evaluating how we …
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Statistics suggest that there has been a sevenfold increase in the number of honour killings in India. Why is the family’s honour placed on a woman’s shoulders? The thought of women being synonymous with ‘ghar ki izzat’ or honour of the family is ingrained in the Indian mentality. Educated, urban Indians also resonate with the notion. Bollywood …
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Forcing women to marry, after completing their education, is unfair. Women must be given a fair chance to explore and decide what they desire in life. I would say, I come from a progressive Indian family. All the girls in my family are well-educated, working, raised with much affection, freedom and in equality with boys. …
Samantha Jo Fitzsimons backpacked across India with an Indian colleague. Her experiences are documented in this very interesting film. Riding On A Sunbeam is a travel documentary in which Mauktik Kulkarni, an Indian neuroscientist, and Samantha Jo Fitzsimons, an American anthropologist, backpack 8000 kilometres across small towns and villages, capturing the contradictions of India. We have …
The tweets in social media about ending ‘Female foeticide’ proves that a woman’s existence has to be justified in some way, even today! The past week we witnessed history. P V Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and several other Indian women made us proud with their outstanding performance in the Olympics. Social media was flooded with articles …
Lakme fashion Week held its first ever plus size model auditions. They’ve sent across a strong message that beauty is beyond size and that it is confidence that matters. Whenever I come across the term ‘model’, the image that comes to my mind is that of a tall, skinny woman with a frame unattainable to …
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Captain Radhika Menon becomes the first woman to receive the award for Exceptional Bravery at sea, challenging the stereotype that bravery is only associated with men. In June last year, seven fishermen were on a fishing boat ‘Durgamma’ that was caught in a storm after enduring engine failure and loss of anchor. The boat had drifted from …
This true story of how Canadians helped a Syrian family reinforces the belief that kindness and humanity still exist. Most of us would have watched the recent Bollywood movie, Airlift. Who can forget the ordeal of families struggling to leave behind a disturbed country, where they have been living for years to seek refuge in a safer place. …
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Pavan Amara, Founder of the ‘My Body Back’ project is a rape survivor. She’s transforming the lives of such women in the United Kingdom. Here’s how. “If you relax it’ll be over with quicker,” sounds like something natural a healthcare professional would tell a pregnant woman in a hospital. But for a woman who has heard …