Surprisingly, I gradually discovered that it was not possible for me to live according to the textbook definition of feminism. And sadly, the distorted version of feminism that I encountered in everyday life, made me question—what actually is feminism? Is it just about safeguarding the rights of women and fighting for equality? Simply attacking men for every obstacle that women face in life and calling oneself ‘feminazi’ (the term actually is wrong because nothing can be compared to the tortures Jews faced in the hands of the Nazi and, in my opinion, coining words like ‘feminazi’ is utterly misleading). Every day brings forward a new experience of being a feminist and I am still learning that from my husband.



-By Neelam Mehta

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