Nishtha*, a working woman from Delhi, often finds herself being told off by her neighbours for ‘making’ her husband Vijay* do all the household chores. Only until they tasted the yummiest rajma chawal in town!
Men don’t cry. Pregnancy - end of a career. Women are bad drivers! These age-old ideas – telling us what a man and woman can and cannot do – are known as gender stereotypes, and are quite rampant in our culture. We list out a few for you along with the efforts being made to challenge them.
India is the land of Kamasutra and Khajuraho and yet ironically sex is a topic that would make most of us blush if discussed outside the dim lights of our bedrooms. On this Independence Day, we revisit how conversations on sex and sexuality are, quietly and gradually, beginning to appear on India's chaitime charchas.
Hi Auntyji, I want to break up with my boyfriend of two years as this relationship is not going anywhere. But I do not want to break his heart. How can I go about it? Sanah, 22, Chennai.
