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Ep 293: Womaning in India With Mahima Vashisht

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Discourse Is What Gives Me Hope

In fourth standard, she was upset by this enough to tell her dad that, why are women shown only in these rolls and not in those rolls? A can i not become a doctor when i grow up? Can i not be a judge when i growup? And i am upset that these are the messages coming to women. I will write a letter to them that name forth standard. It blew my mind that this happened to any individual in this country. The discourse is what gives me hope, the fact that there was a mite movement. That we recognize there's a glass ceiling. On lingdon you see diversity, hires four quarters, and women can only apply for this position.

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