Popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati recently featured a few people with disabilities (PWDs) as contestants. Which is good, except for the way the whole thing was handled.
Even 'feminists' often don't include all women in their feminism. Don't believe me? Read how the author calls out the hypocrisy.
After IBM, Godrej Group, and Accenture, now Citigroup Inc. and Star India take the step towards being inclusive by extending insurance, parenting, and other benefits to partners of LGBT+ employees.
"Why are 'special' children labelled so?" asks a mother whose toddler has Down syndrome. "Are we all perfect? Don't we all have needs that may be different?"
Zomato has recently announced a new, more inclusive parental leave policy, taking into account not only dads, but also surrogate, adoptive, and same sex parents.
"Don't make a kid with Autism feel like a lab rat," says the author, "they are much more than 'autistic', and we should discard these labels."
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