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Thought Factory

Beyond Pink and Blue!

When a baby is born, the obstetrician announces “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl.” As babies, children learn to categorize everyone as eithe...

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Bollywood

Shabana Azmi: Male Stars Should Be Sensitised To Stop Pay Disparity

Shabana Azmi feels that gender disparity in payment exists not only in Bollywood but all over the world and male actors should take a lead to end this discrimination. The &...

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Gender

Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ...

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Thought Factory

Of Gender Divide

Since the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib, the human rib on gender issues has not stopped tickling. Left no wiser since Biblical times, the issue remains burning and ...

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Retroscope

The Darkest Hour

“Police records in India reveal that a woman is raped every 34 minutes, molested every 26 minutes, kidnapped every 43 minutes and killed every 93 minutes”
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Gender

A Kabaddi Tournament Helps Break Gender Barriers

For many of the families of Shivaji Nagar, even the idea of girls entering the playground without an accompanying male family member was alien. When Sabiya Sheikh tried to ...

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Hollywood

Gweyneth Paltrow On Wage Gap In Hollywood

The drastic wage gap between male and female actors was a hot topic in Hollywood in 2015. About her ‘Iron Man’ co-star, also the year’s highest paid male ...

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Gender

This Year, Carnival To Ensure Gender Justice

KOCHI: Over the past 32 years, Cochin Carnival has become one of the most important events in Fort Kochi’s festival calendar. But it has long been considered male dom...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Unfair To Fair Sex: Huma Qureshi

Gender-based discrimination is prevalent in all spheres of our society and Bollywood is no exception. The film-industry treats the male and female artistes differently and ...

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Bollywood

Priyanka In Bajirao Mastani, Anushka In NH10: The Most Impressive Performances Of 2015

While the focus during the year was on box office, attention-grabbing characters, and performances to match, several A-list actors managed to create a space for memorable c...

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