Updated On: 11 September, 2020 07:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Tahira Kashyap
Tahira Kashyap calls out the hypocrisy against women, lends support to #SmashThePatriarchy amid the ongoing case

Tahira Kashyap
Like a phoenix, she will rise. And by she I mean feminism, which is being crushed everyday. Why would I choose to write about this much-trodden topic now? Perhaps my threshold of tolerance has been tested in the last week, jolted by this new wave of anger against patriarchy. All of the talk in the media, the chatter on twitter, the footage on my tv screen, re-awakened something in me. And so in the last week when I had my usual share of experiences - the usual experiences that happen to every woman, every single day - I lost my poise.
We are currently in Chandigarh where the trees are outnumbering the cows by the roadside and my mother's fixation with her jamai is trying my patience. A few days ago, we had a small get together at home. Trying to redeem our ancestors of their bad habits, both the men and women of the house were serving the guests.