Gender

Chandrayaan 2: The Rocket Women Breaking The Glass Ceilings In STEM

Chandrayaan 2, which was aborted last minute last week, citing technical reasons, was successfully launched at 2:43 pm on July 22, 2019. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second lunar exploration mission, after Chandrayaan-1, to the Moon’s South Polar Region. Although we will be the first country in the world to explore …

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The Incessant Struggle To Survive: A Timeline Of The Unnao Rape Case

Recent reports on television that make the Unnao rape case resemble something out of a film are actually not fictional but rather a harsh reality that is presently happening in our society. Let us look at the timeline and progression of this case that has repeatedly sent chills down our spines. June 2017 4th June: A …

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Travel To Transgress: Breaking Body Stereotypes One Destination At A Time

Being born in a middle-class Bengali family, yearly trips were like a ritual right from childhood. Inheriting the traits from my parents, I guess I have always been a beach person. Of course, family trips were fun, but then there were a few restrictions, based on body stereotypes of society, that I had to follow, …

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