Republic Day 2021: ‘Dear India, We Need More Queer Safe Spaces in the Country’

In 2021, you would require more non-sexual queer places for queer individuals who are minors. Perhaps, some queer cafes?

Maybe you could teach your people gender-neutral and neuro-divergent pronouns for individuals who identify with these pronouns. More representation of queer individuals in movies will be nice, too.

I hope India’s schools can include more life skills in their educational curriculum. How to pay your taxes and learning about the degrading environment should be a very important part of the curriculum.

Sustainability must become an integral part of the rebuilding process and we must go back to its old roots of reusing and recycling products. Usage of jute and paper bags over plastic ones must be made popular. We should learn how to reduce waste from our great grandmothers and mothers, because they know how to be sustainable, the Indian way.

It needs to be acknowledged that periods are not inherently feminine. We need to counter the myth that menstrual blood is dirty and…

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