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REMINISCENCES OF GROWING UP IN A LPG”ised (Liberalized, Privatised and Globalised) INDIA!!!!

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REMINISCENCES  OF  GROWING  UP  IN  A  LPG”ised (Liberalized, Privatised and Globalised) INDIA!!!! I  grew  up  in  an  LPG’ised  India.Early  morning  today  while  browsing  through  Radio’s  FM’s  to  tune  the  song  of  my  “choice”-I  felt  a  déjà-vu. I  am  not  used  to  hearing  FM’s  but  I  do  remember  fondly  the  days  when  AIR  was  tuned  in  to  hear  the  morning/evening  news  and  special  shows  in  the  weekends.  Those  were  the  days  where  AIR  was  the  default  option  of  entertainment  for  most  of  us. Today, in a  relatively  small tier-II city  like ranchi-we  are  spoilt  for  choice  between  six  FM  stations(all competing  between  themselves  and  with  AIR  to  get  a  significant chunk audio  market/audiences. Mine  was  a   generation  where  we  did  have  a  TV  set  at  home  (the  possession  of  which  was  a luxury  in truest  sense) but  DD national  was  what  TV  viewing  experience was  all about. A  single  TV  channel  capt

GENDER INEQUALITY

                                                      Gender Inequality Gender inequality   refers to disparity between individuals due to gender . Gender inequality   is defined  both socially through social interactions and stratifications  as well as biologically through differences in  chromosomes and hormones. It is the unequal distribution of a society’s wealth, power, and privilege between females and males. Around the mid-nineteenth century until nowadays, three beliefs about women and men have prevailed as part of biology or evolution. “One, men and women have different psychological and sexual natures, two- men are inherently the dominant or superior sex, and three – both male female difference and male dominance are natural.”   Considering these three beliefs, women experience gender inequality in different environments, stereotypes, and occupations. For example, women are stereotyped to be only a stay at home wife and to be in an environment where they are responsible for