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This article caught my eye yesterday, which celebrates and praises Aamir Khan, aged 57 for embracing his white hair and beard.
Wow! How brave of him to not only show up in his greys at an event but also to announce that he is going to take a year off from acting and focus on his family. Such a devoted family man.
Well, just for a minute, let’s reverse the situation and have Madhuri Dixit aged 55 appear in an event with grey hair, and announcing that she is going to take a further break from acting so she can spend time with her family.
What do you think will be the reaction of media, fans, and the industry wallas? What will be the headlines on social media and articles regarding her grey hair? How many articles and producers / directors / co-stars would write off her career on such an announcement? Do you think she will be celebrated and welcomed back with open arms when she comes back after a year?
Aamir Khan comes back with a huge budget movie starring a heroine in her early 20’s while Madhuri will be struggling to find even a low budget film for herself. She will most probably come back as a reality show judge or as a mother to Aamir Khan in that big budget film.
And this attitude where for the same thing men are celebrated and welcomed back whereas women are blacklisted or put on the back burner is across sectors and geography, as I quote another example.
As this tweet telling stated, Nancy Pelosi is 82. She just led House Democrats to an unexpectedly good midterms outcome. Media’s first question is when she’ll retire. Mitch McConnell is 80. He just led Senate Republicans to a humiliating defeat. Not one question about when he’ll step aside.
It is time we women rally with each other, support one another and start calling out this everyday in your face patriarchy. The time is over where we sit meekly letting them go on hoping that someone will bring in the change. I think it is each of our responsibility to bring about that change, even if it is in that 1 person around us.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Being a writer, Nivedita Louis recognises the struggles of a first-time woman writer and helps many articulate their voice with development, content edits as a publisher.
“I usually write during night”, says author Nivedita Louis during our conversation. Chuckling she continues,” It’s easier then to focus solely on writing. Nivedita Louis is a writer, with varied interests and one of the founders of Her Stories, a feminist publishing house, based in Chennai.
In a candid conversation she shared her journey from small-town Tamil Nadu to becoming a history buff, an award-winning author and now a publisher.
Nivedita was born and raised in a small town in Tamil Nadu. It was for schooling that she first arrived in Chennai. Then known as Madras, she recalls being awed by the city. Her love-story with the city, its people and thus began which continues till date. She credits her perseverance and passion to make a difference to her days as a vocational student among the elite sections of Madras.
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