After Raj Begum, singers like Naseem Akhtar, Shamima Dev Azad, Asha Kaul, and Neerja Pandit gained significant popularity in the 80s. But, even today, Kashmir hasn’t changed for women.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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