Hritika

Saving my self-esteem in a sexist world

They say; "one must have done some 'punya' (a good deed) in their past life to be born as a Brahman." I am ashamed of the time when I believed whatever 'they' say and took pride in being born in a cast that believes itself to be superior of all and restricts women to exist as an individual. In this article I am going to address the small percentage of life that I have witnessed as a girl who was forced to be proud of the cast she was born in and think low of others, as well as herself.