Being the daughter of a film star who is considered no less than a god by some people can be a surreal experience, and director Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth is very open about being grateful for most of it…But she also reveals something about losing out on “normal” childhood, in her memoir Standing on an Apple Box. Beyond being […]

Here at SheThePeople, I often hear a woman’s definition of the term feminism. But, I haven’t really come across men defining what feminism means to them. I asked a few men I know, some of them my friends and some acquaintances, their definition of Feminism. At a time of global movements like #HeForShe and also an […]

By Arpita Das As I sit down to write this piece, Twitter is going up in flames over SRK’s comment in an interview while promoting his latest film that he is not pro-feminist. As always I read such comments with a mixture of incredulity and disinterest. Incredulity because here is a man who sits astride […]

He says question shouldn’t be ‘Why ARE you a feminist’, it should be ‘Why Aren’t You one?’

Quite literally since we were born, our minds have been conditioned to absorb the many differences and stereotypes inherent in our societies today when it comes to gender. If its a girl the room must be painted in pink, right from the onesies to the blankets to all the dresses and toys. Similarly if little […]

What does Feminism mean today, in the 21st century? Can you be a man and be a feminist? Does feminism mean hating men?