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Navratri is about to start and here are some things the right-wing, religious, conservative government and their minions have said and done to women over this weekend:

1. Called them prostitutes and sluts for protesting.
2. Asked them their per night rate while they were standing along the road.
3. Threatened to r@pe and kill them in front of Delhi police while the police asked the women to shut up.
4. Dragged them across the road to detain them.
5. Tore their clothes in public.
6. Beat and trampled them for raising their voices.
7. Intimidated them to leave or else their parents and husbands will be informed.
8. Raided women's houses at 2 AM the night before the protest to threaten them into backing down.
9. Confiscated their phones, work IDs, and personal IDs to silence them.

If after today, you still support the BJP and still promote your conservative values, you'd be the biggest traitor of women in India. After today, I will never, ever support a right-wing feminist again. We cannot co-exist.

That's it. The title. It annoys me that they haven't shown us Daphne's or Anthony's marital life but keep giving Francesca season after season.
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Edit: It's nice to see some other people resonating with how I feel. And those resorting to calling this homophobia, shame on you and your projection. I am excited to see a queer love story. But I absolutely dislike the terrible pacing and plot choices. So, please be better. You're diluting the seriousness of homophobia with your nonsense.

My qualifications: BA in English and a PGDM in Communications.

My career is okay right now. I worked as a freelancer for almost a decade, had a good run, but the lack of social life made me want to join the corporate life.

My PGDM is from a mid school. Tbf I didn't know what a PGDM was until 3 years after I got my diploma. I didn't do it for the title, I did it because the curriculum was interesting. I also didn't have any elders, mentors, or educated people in my life to guide me growing up. I paid for all my education and did everything to the best of my knowledge then.

I am not academically brilliant. I'm average at best. Scored an 8 GPA in PGDM for reference. But I am extremely good at my work, and I feel that my lack of pedigree is holding me back from being in companies bigger than mine and earning way more than what I do now. My potential isn't being utilised. They all want a Tier-1 college.

Now I'm thinking of getting an MBA from a good institute, but looking at the job market, I don't want to spend several lakhs on a degree and be stuck with a hefty loan.

What are my options? I'm a senior manager and lead the content function for my company.

Thank you for your help :)

10+ years of total work experience across domains. Currently, I'm a senior content manager in a top renewable energy company.

Since I'm already working in a climate adjacent industry, I would like to pursue a career in core climate change. Especially to meet business objectives because they are the real polluters.

I've looked at Harvard's online course on 'Business and Climate Change.'

How would you recommend I go about this pivot? I'm 29 yo, so I still have time to plan my career progression properly. I'm from India.

Thanks for helping :)

No family, no relationship. Friends have their own partners and families. It will be nice to have someone to come back home to, to talk to about my day. Someone who finds excuses to be with me.

Men are just not that great anymore. They're takers and too unserious for my liking. I bring a lot to the table and refuse to settle for breadcrumbs.

I just want to know from the older, wiser ladies. Does it get better?

She's almost 40. Lost her job a little over a year ago because she decided to stop taking meds. She's a therapist.

She has had bipolar for about 20 years and she hasn't learnt to live with it. I got diagnosed 4 years back and went through hell in the first year. Lost friends, work, and racked up a lot of debt. My family had drained me financially, so I had gone no contact with them. I was days away from being homeless.

Year 2, I decided to turn my life around. Now you can't tell that I have bipolar. I lead a disciplined, functional life.

My friend, on the other hand, blames every bad behaviour on bipolar disorder. I hate that because she does nothing to be better. Sleeps at 4 am. Takes her almost 70 yo mom's financial and emotional support for granted. Takes loans from friends and never pays back. Doesn't push herself in her career (like she refused to travel 30 mins for work because it was inconvenient).

I've also noticed that she quickly responds to men, but takes days to respond to women. She's a terrible friend who is self-centred and a constant victim.

I introduced her to my brilliant psychiatrist who really saved my life. He brought her meds down from 1500 mg to 150 mg. For a while, it seemed like she would be better. She was finally functional.

Then the complaints began. "I don't feel happy." Yea! Medicines are supposed to make you neutral. Happiness comes from living life, from being selfless, from being kind and generous, from making friendships, and falling in love.

So, the doctor told her that it's not bipolar that's a hindrance to her life because she's stable now. It's her mindset. And she fired him. Went back to her old doctors; back to a high dose that keeps her a zombie all day and up all night. I've communicated empathetically with her multiple times. But it all falls on deaf ears.

I wish her luck with that life. But it triggers me, and I want no part of the drama. So, I'm ghosting her.