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Religion vs. Gender Equality & Feminism

How do reli­gions treat women? How do eman­ci­pated women treat reli­gion? A sequence of events recently has made my mind unquiet over this sub­ject. Nita asked if Hin­duism was com­ing of age, with peo­ple per­form­ing the sacred ‘thread cer­e­mony’ on their daugh­ters. The BJP found itself trapped in the maze of con­fu­sion sur­round­ing Hin­dutva. And

A to Z of Films Meme (M)

The most com­monly uttered line in Eng­lish films is “Let’s get outta here” (or its vari­ants). The most com­monly uttered sen­tence in Indian Hindi films is “Dri­ver, us gaadi ka peecha karo!” (“Dri­ver, fol­low that car!”).
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Mirch Masala
What is the price of a woman’s honor?
In colo­nial India, Tax Col­lec­tors tyr­an­nized vil­lages with sol­diers, col­lect­ing much more than