Medieval Triple Talaq was banned in several Islamic nations, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, decades ago. The delay in India shows the painful grip patriarchal religion has here.
The nation is on its way to becoming the world's most populous country by 2024. That's despite being the first country to adopt state-sponsored family planning.
Throughout the movie, you wait for physical or sexual violence to take place. It doesn't. But what happens is more dreadful.
Brands either make mush out of women or light a 'mashaal' for them.
My intent was to call out those women who say women wearing saris look older, backward, or culturally repressed.
For the last time, women do not wear clothes to meet the standards of self-appointed custodians of culture.
The movie highlights the point that there is an interesting story behind every woman who dares to dream.
I, however, don't want the story to end in a travesty of justice. Now, a different climax is possible.
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Angiography | 10-minute read
One-third quota in Parliament is the least we can do to free Indian women from patriarchy's worst stranglehold.
A point-by-point rebuttal to the arguments submitted by Modi government.