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India: On Post Feminism

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 @ 10:52 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Gender

Ultra Violet asks if it is indeed time to call in the era of post-feminism yet.

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rameshraju

The objective of Feminism to achieve equal rights along with that of Men. But at the same time they should conserve the traditions. They should not feel that traditions are obstacles for a woman’s freedom. The moment women ignores traditions, the moment the family system and the society ruins utterly.

# 2009-02-19 at 6:57 am

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