This Week Chayn Recommends You Check Out #2

Here’s what we have for you this week:

• Once again proving that this generation is all about the power of teenage girls, a 12 year old Muslim girl from Mumbai wins Bhagavat Gita contest beating out 4,500 other students: http://indianexpress.com/article/good-news/muslim-girl-beats-4500-students-to-win-bhagwad-gita-contest/?SocialMedia

 

• Former Bollywood star Rati Agnihotri opens up about her experience with domestic violence and her decision to press charges against her abusive husband. We hope that her courage will encourage more Indian women to speak out: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Finally-the-dam-bursts/articleshow/46777200.cms

 

• Actor and social activist Nandita Das was recently lampooned on Twitter for allegedly saying that she thought “all men are potential rapists”. Das then tweeted that she was misquoted: http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/nandita-das-on-rapist-remark-im-being-falsely-quoted/

 

• Another Indian personality Shobhaa De has written a blog on Deepika Padukone’s viral video, saying she thinks Deepika’s efforts are pointless. Wht do you guys think?: http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/deepika-padukones-video-may-be-viral-but-its-pointless-751034?pfrom=home-cheatsheet

 

• In a horrifying act that sadly shows a strongly patriarchal mindset in India, a man hacked to death his sister for performing their mother’s last rites: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/woman-sarpanch-hacked-to-death-by-brother-for-performing-mothers-last-rites-751931?utm_source=ndtv&utm_medium=top-stories-widget&utm_campaign=story-8-http%3a%2f%2fwww.ndtv.com%2findia-news%2fwoman-sarpanch-hacked-to-death-by-brother-for-performing-mothers-last-rites-751931

 

• This week Indian companies scrambled to appoint women directors in order to meet Forbes’ deadline of April 1^st: http://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2015/04/03/mad-scramble-to-appoint-women-directors-before-april-1-deadline/

 

• As the Men’s Cricket World Cup captured all of India’s attention last month, India’s women athletes have been tirelessly striving for the recognition they deserve: http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/news/239896-indian-women-athletes-box-shoot-and-wrestle-for-recognition

 

• And speaking of sports, here’s a list of women athletes that everyone in India needs to know about: http://www.buzzfeed.com/shayanroy/the-nation-needs-to-know

 

• Cute gif for the week!
  

The woman received a big advantage when there was a new drug – Cialis for Women, which will now women feel safe in terms of men’s claims.