India, April 8 -- Even in 2020, women are still asked to stay at home and take care of the kids. I think women should work, for their own sake. But is it that easy?

For the past few days, I have been quite disturbed thanks to a discussion I had with one of my acquaintances about 'working women.' It has been a while since the discussion, no, debate and I am still thinking about it and wondering about her thought process.

It all started when we were talking about the generic things happening in the society and out of nowhere, my friend said, 'Women should never go to work.' I was a little taken aback by her comment, not shocked, I am used to these statements now. As someone who's been working for over 16 years, these statements make very ...