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• Gender How I Fought Patriarchy in My Family By Voting for a Candidate of My Choice

  In my family, it is always the men who take all the important decisions. Elections are all about herd voting, where my father announces his political leanings and the rest follow. Women, they believe, are incapable of understanding the affairs of the State. But this year, despite all the pestering, I voted for a candidate of my choice.

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• Gender The Gurgaon Woman’s Misogyny is a By-Product of Slut-Shaming in Schools

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• Gender 50 Shades of Greying: Ladies, Time to Retire the Compliment “You don’t Look Your Age!”

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• Gender Look Who’s Not Cooking: Why My Children Will Never Eat Maa Ke Haath Ka Khana

  When I was growing up, Maa’s kitchen had some manner of grinding, slow cooking going on at all times. But my utter lack of initiative when it comes to feeding people ghar ka khaana has been the cause of great pain to women in my family.

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