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“Beti, Tumse Na Ho Payega”: Why Girls Tend to Believe They Can’t Excel in Maths & Science

The US has got a woman vice-president; during the pandemic, women across the world have proved they are better at handling the crisis. Then what’s keeping them from taking over the fields of maths, science, and technology?

Shivangi Singh June 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Upstarts Review: A Start-up Drama that Fails to Fully Take Off

Upstarts, Netflix India’s latest offering from first time director Udai Singh Pawar, falls in the same category as shows Pitchers and movies like Rocket Singh. But while it attempts to differentiate itself by making a comment on the discrimination women entrepreneurs face, it fails to fully address the issue.

Pranay Dewani May 11, 2016

Gender

There’s No Such Thing as “Too Feminist”

The authorities of the city of Paris were fined for employing too many women in senior positions. To impose such ridiculous fines is to imply the existence of an imaginary “reverse inequality”.

Sahej Marwah March 1, 2016