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Why the ‘Me Too’ movement in India is succeeding at last

Centuries of entrenched patriarchy cannot be upturned in a month. But this country finally looks ready for a feminist overhaul.

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Students celebrating International Women's Day. Kolkata, 2017. Photo: Saikat Paul/Zuma Press/PA Images. All rights reserved.

This year, I've been a part of the Me Too revival in India, having joined countless other women in naming and shaming our abusers.