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Why is Punjabi viewed as an inferior language?
I pretended that it’s not my identity, until I could no longer loathe my origins, and learnt to embrace it.
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This Valentine's Day, we will play into the hands of capitalists, yet again...
Isn’t it time to create our own meaning of love and celebrate it the way we want?
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Why did my daughter always pick a petite doll with lustrous blonde hair?
Mere play things such as toys have the power to introduce and integrate an ‘inclusive’ idea of beauty in our children.
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When Serena Williams slammed stereotypes and ‘strong’ became the new ‘beautiful’
We have been psyched into believing that ‘strong’ and ‘muscular’ cannot be feminine and beautiful
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Of morning shows, Nabila's No Makeup Palette and whitewashing Pakistani women
The most prominent and applauded transformation was of the girl’s complexion. The finished look was far from natural.
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Till it happens to you, you don't know how it feels
The video is labelled as disturbing, but aren’t we done with white washing rape to be easy on our sensibility?
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Women like Shazia Perveen don’t wait for a saviour, they are their own saviour
“It is believed that women only start fires, whereas I have disproved this old adage and now I extinguish fires.”
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A tribute to a police officer, from his daughter
It’s good to venerate our armed forces but why underrate the services of police?
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When will we start recognising our Women of Impact like the West does?
Malala and Sharmeen have faced stinging criticism, hatred, mocking and trolling for their work by their own people.
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The #DelhiRapist interview and the ugly truth about rape
There is disbelief in his eyes – she broke the unsaid rule and paid the price, so what’s this hullabaloo all about?