Sneh Bhargava took over as AIIMS director the day Indira Gandhi was assassinated. At 95, she’s released her memoir, still wears heels, and recounts being asked, “How will a woman run AIIMS?”
We kept quiet because of the fear of upsetting our higher-ups, who could fail us in our training exams. We kept quiet because our female seniors had been one lucky moment away from getting raped.
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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