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Indira Jaising, the first woman to be appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009 inspires us with her commitment to human rights.
Indira Jaising
Indira Jaising, noted Indian lawyer, became the first woman to be appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009.
By Vyshali R. Mallya
She was also the second woman to be designated as a senior advocate by the High Court of Bombay in 1986 (the first was Sohini Nanavati)
Jaising has argued several cases relating to discrimination against woman including Mary Roy’s landmark case for giving Syrian Christian women in India equal property rights. She also argued IAS officer Rupan Bajaj Deol’s case which was one of the first cases of sexual harassment, successfully prosecuted. Another notable case was that of Githa Hariharan, which finally led to the verdict that a mother is also the ‘natural guardian’ of her minor children.
Jaising has also argued the case of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims and that of homeless pavement dwellers of Mumbai facing eviction.
She was conferred with the Rotary Manav Seva Award in recognition of her services to the nation in fighting corruption and as a champion of the weaker sections of the society, and given the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2005 for her service to the cause of public affairs.
She is currently a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Why we find her inspiring:
– From the beginning of her legal career, she has focused on the protection of human rights, rights of women and those of the poor working class.
– She has fought against child labour, for the economic rights of women, estranged wives and domestic violence victims.
– For breaking many glass ceilings in the legal profession and serving as a role model to young women in the practice of law in India.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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