The hope for change lies in the attempt to sensitise the men to look at girls and women as fellow human beings rather than as objects of prey.
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Below The Belt | 5-minute read
Is marriage, as BJP MLA Vikram Saini implies, a political tool? One that could now be used by non-Kashmiri men wanting to marry 'fair-skinned Kashmiri girls'?
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Tarar Square | 7-minute read
There are many women who do bad things, and there is no question about that. This is not a man versus woman debate.
The episode goes beyond just caste conflict. It speaks of the deep-rooted insecurity in men and their urge to control a woman's womb.
She has held her own, calmly and quietly, through both the trolling and celebration of her attire in Parliament. There is a lot more to TMC MP Nusrat Jahan than meets the eye.
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Tarar Square | 8-minute read
It is the centuries of conditioning of the masculine mind to be a caretaker, a patriarch, to be the one in control, to be the tamer, to be the dominant force.
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It Could Happen to You | 5-minute read
From strikes, agitations, dharnas and dramatic entries, the good news is, all the controversy around entering Sabarimala has not taken away any of Ayyappan's popularity.
As women living in a sexist society, we have to learn to handle the three forceful Fs — fight, fright, flight — in the right combination and with tact. And the lessons begin at home.
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Tarar Square | 7-minute read
You can be six feet tall, eat fries and chocolates like fast food is going out of fashion, think the new girl in class is super pretty. You still know how not to feel gender-superior.
From Ranveer Singh asking if Anushka wanted her ass pinched to Karan Johar saying single women had to resort to sucking thumbs, 'Koffee with Karan' has frequently disguised the disgusting under Bollywood glitz.