Men are from Mars, Women are
from Venus - Book Reading
perspective helped in laying down the groundwork for the open discussion to follow.
Then Ms. Khurana gave her inputs and opened the discussion to the audience and
kept the discussion from straying into vague statements. Dr. Pradeep Mallik showed
his appreciation for the academic discussion and environment.
After almost forty minutes of open discussion where all audience members and
dignitaries participated, Prof. Ranjana Harish closed the session summarizing all the
important points. She complimented the department, the moderator and the
students for an excellent academic discussion. She advised all to read Irigary if
anyone was interested in knowing more on the subject. Ms. Crystal received the best
participant award and every participant received a certiļcate of participation from
the Department.
The fact that the event had to end due to time constraints showed the sociopolitical
relevance of an open conversation on gender studies. The consensus arrived was to
hold more such events. Vote of Thanks was proposed by Ms. Ilisha, a student of
semester 7.
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