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This video is taken from the session "Samvaad" held at AIIMS Rishikesh on 27 April 2026.

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00:00Since you are a woman, across the world, across cultures, you ought to have long hair.
00:05All four of us probably cleared the same entrance exam, wearing the same aprons, studying the same courses.
00:11Out of these four human beings, how is it that two are carrying long hair?
00:15Two are longer in height. It's fine.
00:19But how is it that two human beings almost compulsorily hold long hair?
00:26That's woman-ness.
00:27How is it so that two of them probably can afford to raise their voice?
00:33But the other two are much more likely to remain soft-spoken.
00:37That's woman-ness. That's not found in other species.
00:41That's a man-made construct.
00:43I have a female body. Fine.
00:46But having a female body means a certain narrative starts rolling.
00:51And that narrative is very powerful.
00:55It will eat you up.
00:57So it's cultural. It's man-made.
01:00Do not accept it.
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