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Ep 287: The Life and Times of Urvashi Butalia

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Feminism, I'm a Feminist, Isn't It?

I didn't know the word feminism then, but i learned from my mother that there was nothing natural about discrimination. My mother encouraged us to help ourselves. She said that the was no way her girls were going to eat less in her house. I didn't have a word for it. And also, you know, as you are growing up, all the children are kind of going to school, they're playing outside an umbala. But when yeu look back withind sight, you realize that, oh, this is how things were. You know, elsewhere, you've spoken about your mother and how she had to deal with,You know, your mother who was conventional,. Who

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