Ep 293: Womaning in India With Mahima Vashisht
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Why Women Carry a Metal Water Bottle
Women in India carry an added layer of concern that men simply don't see. In our heads, we women are constantly plotting how we can use a metal water bottle. We are mentally practising how to use it in case we get attacked. And this perculates along other fault lines. You know, if somebody asks me what my surname is, after i say, i am a myth, i don't even think twice about it. It's interesting just to, you know, e think of the kind of life weu live in india, think of all the different layers er that are therefore invisible to us.
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