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Imagine this scene, if you will.
You’re in a dirty room, with your mother-in-law and the “doctor”. It’s a dark, and a dreary place, with the smell of blood and sweat in the air. The candle near you is the only light in the room. You are a woman, and you are giving birth to a child. You are in severe pain. Your husband is nowhere to be found. You are afraid.
Read MoreI wish I could have pin pointed one particular problem that was the biggest that Indian women faced, but instead I found a conglomeration of issues. Issues that manifested as a low buzz in everyday casual sexism, ranging from ‘make me a sandwich’ jokes to rigid mindsets exhibiting as underhanded comments about working after marriage or simply working.
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