Author: Aastha

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Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian woman who was the first female graduate from Bombay University, the first woman to study law at Oxford University (the first Indian national to study at any British university), the first female advocate in India, and the first woman to practice law in…

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The Indian society views girls wearing traditional Indian clothes like suits, sarees and lehengas are “sanskari” while girls in western clothing are labelled as seeking the attention of men. People very easily judge the character of a girl from the way she is dressed. Image source: www.boredpanda.com “Girls should not wear revealing clothes.” “Girls wear…

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Kofi Annan rightly observed that “Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and perhaps the most pervasive.” Violence against women is not a thing of the past, we witness violence even today. There has been hardly any day when we have not read or heard news about violence against women which…

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India is a land of diversity. Home to a large population, its people speak many languages, follow different cultures and practice all the major religions of the world. It is the biggest democracy in the world. But it is also going through a lot of turmoil and problems. Major issues facing us include corruption, illiteracy,…

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We all are so obsessed with our physical appearance. We spend so much time comparing ourselves with others. We feel inferior and unconfident if we do not match the so-called ‘beauty standards’. Ignoring the talent we have and spending the time to be better at it, we spend time finding out anything that will make…

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As far as showing women in advertisements is concerned, a woman is either shown doing household chores such as washing clothes and utensils, cooking different items for different members of the family as if she is a goddess with eight hands, trying to make her children feel better who are suffering from cold or merely…