If you haven’t done so already, catch Priyanka Dubey’s moving three–part series on the working conditions of policewomen in India, with the voices of constables and top officers revealing just how unequal the force really is.
There’s science. And then there’s the likes of Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Co., who declare that women are by “nature not physically suited for flying fighters for long hours.” Because, you know, all men are born fighter-jet ready. Here’s what we think.
While we’d like to use science to justify sending away the many men on our ‘banish to another planet list’, it turns out men really aren’t from Mars. That’s just what they tell you so they don’t have to do the dishes.
A girl was chased by a group of four men (for no reason), molested, dragged out of an auto in which she tried to escape, and her clothes ripped. All in broad daylight in Mumbai’s busy Kandivali.
After the nth time she’s been asked about the lack of diversity on her show, Mindy Kaling calls out the concern trolling. About time.
Here’s the coolest wedding story we’ve heard in a while: groom’s side wants mutton biryani. Girl’s side provides chicken biryani. Groom’s side picks a fight. Girl calls off wedding to return to her studies.
Bizarre, bizarre, bizarre. Shiv Sena offers a ticket to Shaheen Dhada, who it once got arrested for her comments about the party on Facebook.
India ranks 73rd in participation of women in politics with just 9.9% of parliamentary or ministerial posts being occupied by women — which is below countries like Haiti, Rwanda, Congo, Chad and Zambia.
You’ve heard by now that the ‘First Kiss’ video is staged, and hilarious parodies abound, here’s a few to round off your week. One with cats and dogs. One with handjobs. Another decidedly less romantic one with people off the street.