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*Utkarsa Malkar

No more Names!

Society isn’t shy about setting unrealistic beauty standards for people and harshly judging those who stray too far from them.
The Asian society with its complexes based on the colour of the skin reflects only one aspect of prejudices and discrimination faced by numerous people. ‘Body shaming is the new social order and many brands use media images to sustain their multi-billion dollar skin bleaching and cosmetic surgery industries.

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The Quintessence Indian Goddess

As one listens to the popular Bollywood song ‘Paise paise’ where popular actress not of an Indian origin is depicted as ‘Laxmi’- Goddess of Prosperity’ one is saddened by what popular art has done to immortalize our God’s today, and what would the naysayers of yesterday who condemned Raja Ravi Varma and fiercely criticized him for his depiction of Indian women, especially women from Hindu mythologies with pale skin, say today!

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2022

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India...where food is religion!

World Hunger is on the rise, yet, an estimated 1/3rd of all food produced globally is lost or goes to waste especially in India. About 1/5th of the food served at weddings and social gatherings is discarded. The prodigious waste that follows is shocking in a country like India where food prices are skyrocketing and tens of millions of young children are malnourished.

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Beauty and the Beast

The gender pay gap can be a problem from a public policy perspective because it reduces economic output and means that women are more likely to be dependent upon welfare payments, especially in old age. The gender pay gap reduces women’s lifetime earnings and also affects their pensions this is one of the significant causes of poverty in later life for women.

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