Kangana on Himachal’s patriarchal mindset: ‘Worse than other states’

Ka ga a
Ra aut
speaks
out
agai st
pat ia chal
mi dset
i
Himachal
P adesh:
‘Wo se
tha
a y
othe
state
I
feel’

Ka ga a
Ra aut
has
ope ed
up
about
the
deep- ooted
pat ia chal
mi dset
i
Himachal
P adesh,
whe e
families
a e
ofte
u happy
whe
a
gi l
child
is
bo .
The
act ess
sha ed
he
thoughts
o
X
afte
a
video
of
a
Himachali
woma
who
gave
bi th
11
times,
havi g
te
daughte s
befo e
fi ally
havi g
a
so ,
we t
vi al.
He e’s
what
she
posted
o
X
(fo me ly
Twitte ).

What
did
Ka ga a
Ra aut
say?

A
use
o
X
sha ed
the
video
a d
c iticised
the
mi dset
behi d
it,
w iti g,
“Imagi e
maki g
a
woma
go
th ough
p eg a cy
afte
p eg a cy,
basically
he
e ti e
life,
just
because
havi g
10
daughte s
still
was ‘t
e ough.
How
badly
do
you
have
to
dehuma ise
a
woma
to
educe
he
e ti e
existe ce
to
o e
job:
p oduce
a
so .”

Respo di g
to
the
post,
Ka ga a
Ra aut
ag eed
a d
sha ed
he
ow
expe ie ces.
She
w ote,
“I
Himachal
this
mi dset
is
wo se
tha
a y
othe
state
I
feel,
I
emembe
whe
o e
of
my
cousi s
had
a
seco d
baby
gi l,
people
pou ed
i to
thei
home
fo
co dole ces,
she
called
me
a d
c ied
that
elatives/people
a e
comi g
to
talk
to
he
like
someo e
has
died,
she
just
ca ‘t
take
it
a ymo e,
I
was
ot
shocked
but
helpless.”She
fu the
added,
“O e
of
my
cousi ‘s
wife
was
i
dep essio
because
she
had
a
seco d
gi l
child,
family
a d
husba d
we e
ve y
suppo tive
but
she
did ‘t
wa t
to
see
the
baby’s
face
o
touch
he ,
it
was
so
bad
that
she
had
to
be
admitted,
ow
she
is
ok
but
it
was
beyo d
t aumatic
eve
fo
the
olde
daughte ,
ve y
sad
situatio
out
the e.”

Ka ga a
Ra aut’s
wo k
f o t

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wo k
f o t,
Ka ga a
Ra aut’s
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ece t
film,
‘Bha at
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