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Astha is a journalist based in Bangalore, who writes about the developmental issues such as education, health and gender pertaining in the society. She has done her post graduate diploma in Multimedia Jouranlism with specialization in International affairs, alongwith social and religious issues, investigative reporting, developmental affairs and writing for the wires. She has reported about developmental issues pertaining to Karnataka, national and international interest stories.
Our fight for our rights and respect won’t be successful until we learn to respect each other...until we acknowledge the importance of each other.
When I was a kid, I have always heard the society telling girls to be as discreet and secretive regarding periods as possible, in fact to a point that many times even I was shushed by and told not to talk about it in public and to be less vocal about when talking about periods.
If I am a person worth more than my looks, why should my colour matter? This just reduces our girls to commodities to be traded!
We need to introspect as parents. What are we teaching our daughters? Do we teach them to be good, polite ladies, or sassy strong women?
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