“I am a bachelor/widower/virgin” or that “I am married and have only one wife living/married to a person who has no other wife living.” The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) Patna asked its new recruits in a Marital Declaration questionnaire. Surprised? This declaration had to be filed by all freshly recruited doctors and […]
Do you believe that Nature doesn’t distinguish between boys and girls? And human beings have no control over the gender of their unborn baby? A University textbook of Ayurveda, however, defies nature’s laws and shares with the readers a recipe for having a son. A Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) Textbook which is […]
If you thought that sexism existed only at workplaces or public spheres, it is time to get your facts correct. Indian textbooks that are meant to sensitize students about issues that plague the country are promoting blatant sexism unabashedly. Read on to know 5 such instances that make us wonder the kind of education we […]
