Women started raising questions about their rights and selves a long time ago. Yet not much has changed. Why am I the way I am? Why can I not be happy with the idea of being a “homemaker,” as most of my friends can? I really do not understand how...
In India, the status quo of gender is promoted in popular culture. Reading through a Times of India article from 2013, “International Women’s Day: Bollywood and its bold women characters,” I was excited to see the names of movies I had watched, like Mother India (1957), Aandhi (Storm 1974) and English Vinglish (2012). I could...
Violence against women in South Asia has become so common and normalized that, instead of decreasing, it is on the rise. A few days ago, I encountered a situation where one of my friends commented on how women’s working abilities are less than those of men. I responded to him about...
