At parties, my family is a popular topic. I’m half Parsi and half Punjabi- so obviously, I can drink without getting wasted. (I’m not allowed to comment, I’m 17.) Uh, no, he’s not. He speaks fluent Gujarati, but my mom is. Despite Zoroastrianism’s identity as a minority religion, it fits well with traditional Indian religious […]
I wanted the women to look like women we all knew, not perfect, angelic beings doing the right thing. Pain can often make us ugly and unlikeable, and I wanted to show that side of the women.
Each judgement that is made on the basis of appearance is a result of the ideas and experiences that have been acquired or ingrained in our minds from our conditioning.
Speak up! Ask for your rights. Question whomever you want. Do not ever encourage patriarchy and its norms. Let us speak for ourselves, for each other, for our coming generation.
The fight over gendered language may seem frivolous but speaking a heavily gendered language may highlight gender distinctions and lead to discrimination, say Lewis Davis, Professor of Economics, Union College, and Astghik Mavisakalyan, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, In the face of overwhelming evidence of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, should we really devote energy […]
Being a woman on the road is not easy. Not because there’s too much traffic or driving is a difficult task, but because of the stereotypes we’re subjected to. People often say ‘women don’t know how to drive’, but research has proven that women drivers are safer as compared to men. Yet, as soon as […]
A 28-year-old man, who underwent a sex change surgery to become a woman, was denied a cabin crew job by Air India allegedly on the grounds of her gender. What happened? Shanavi Ponnusamy had undergone a sex change surgery in 2014 to become a woman. She is now treated as a transgender. She alleged that […]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Press secretary, was denied service at a restaurant in Virginia as she works with US President Donald Trump. She has become the latest official to experience a brusque reception in a public setting, reported Indian Express. Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, had to cut short a working dinner earlier […]
Akkai Padmashali, a transgender activist, is scared of losing her rented house in Bangalore. She has also been denied home loans by banks allegedly because of her gender, reported TOI. In a statement to PTI she said, “I am living in fear of being evicted from my rented house because of the lease period, which expires […]
A former Uber software engineer is suing the company for sexual harassment, racial discrimination and pay inequity, reported BBC. The lawsuit Ingrid Avendaño worked for Uber from February 2014 to June 2017. She claims to have experienced sexual harassment, pay inequity and racial discrimination while working there. Avendaño filed her lawsuit on May 21 in […]
