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“Misogyny is built into people from the moment they’re born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement you can embrace, because it’s basically another word for equality.” Taylor Swift In an interview with Maxim in 2015.In 2015, Taylor Swift gave an interview to Maxim magazine where she said something that stuck. “Misogyny is hardwired into people from the time they’re born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement you can embrace, because it’s basically another word for equality.“This is a simple statement. But for someone as visible and influential as Taylor Swift to say it out loud matters. She was not offering any complex academic definition. She was cutting through all the noise and saying what feminism really is. Not a man-hater. Not aggressive. Just similarity.Interestingly, Swift wasn’t always so vocal about this. She admitted that she used to avoid the topic completely. “To be honest, I didn’t have a precise definition of feminism when I was younger. Growing up in the world we live in, I didn’t quite understand all the aspects of feminism.”She was a child when her career began. Taylor Swift was not initially seen as threatening. The teenage girl who sang love songs got a free hand. But as she grew up and became a woman in the industry, things changed. The rules changed. “I didn’t see myself being held back until I was a woman.”That’s when he started noticing patterns. Double standards everywhere. The way people covered her differently than they covered male artists. The way his songs were interpreted differently.

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This is where Swift’s observation really stands out. “A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is over-sharing or whining.”Think about that. Male artists are honored for writing individual songs. They are artistic. They are sensitive. They are sharing their souls. But the women who do the same work? They are just pretending their relationships. They are sharing excessively. She is describing this double standard.And it goes beyond music. “Double standards in headlines, double standards in the way stories are told, double standards in the way things are understood.” This happens everywhere. Women dominate the news in a different way. Their achievements stand out in different ways. Their choices are questioned in the same way that men’s choices are never questioned.With this quote, “Feminism is probably the most important movement you can adopt“What Swift did by going on record at Maxim wasn’t revolutionary. But it was important to her audience. Millions of her young fans were watching her, and she was saying out loud: Feminism is not radical. It’s not extreme. It’s just similarity. It is just asking that men and women be treated equally.This is the quote. that’s what she said. And by saying it in an interview with a mainstream magazine he made it possible for other people to say it too. Owning it. To stop apologizing for wanting to be treated equally.It is not complicated. This is absolutely honest.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of using central agencies for political purposes and alleged that the repeated ED actions in Punjab were aimed at intimidating the state leadership. Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar accused the Mann government of protecting corruption.The ED has been active in Punjab for over a month, during which seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs joined the BJP, two of whom were wanted by the agency.Sources said the ED searched the premises of Hampton Sky Realty Ltd, promoted by Arora’s family, along with other addresses in Delhi, Gurgaon and Chandigarh. The company issued a statement saying it “has full confidence in its established facts, the legal and constitutional framework of the country and the wisdom of the honorable judiciary”. Its statement said that when the “supplier-side” fraud was discovered, “the company itself approached the police as a complainant” and lodged an FIR (dated May 17, 2025) at the Ludhiana police station, adding that the company itself was a “victim”. It said its transactions have not caused “any current loss to the exchequer”.Arora’s arrest came after the ED searched his official residence in Sector 2, Chandigarh.This is the third time this year that Arora has faced ED action. It first raided Arora’s premises in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged misuse of industrial land for residential projects in Ludhiana. At that time he was a Rajya Sabha MP. AAP has fielded him in the Ludhiana West by-election in June 2025 to retain the seat after the death of MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi.A few weeks ago the agency had conducted searches under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, resulting in temporary attachment of assets worth over Rs 157 crore linked to Arora and Hampton Sky. Sources said the latest probe involves a case of “bogus” GST purchase of mobile phones worth Rs 100 crore and alleged “round-trip” export of illegitimate funds from Dubai to India.Reacting to Arora’s arrest, CM Mann said, “BJP has deep hatred towards Punjab…BJP’s polarization strategy will not work here. ED and CBI are being used as weapons to intimidate leaders of rival parties into joining BJP…” Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Pratap Singh Bajwa said Arora’s arrest has exposed serious corruption allegations against the ruling party in Punjab. He also questioned the BJP-led central government and central agencies regarding the timing of these actions.

उत्तर प्रदेश के लोगों के लिए बड़ी खुशखबरी है। लखनऊ और कानपुर के बीच सफर अब पहले से आसान और तेज होने वाला है। 64 किलोमीटर लंबा एलिवेटेड लखनऊ-कानपुर एक्सप्रेसवे पूरी तरह बनकर तैयार हो गया है. राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण (एनएचएआई) ने इसके उद्घाटन की तैयारी भी शुरू कर दी है. बताया जा रहा है कि प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 28 अप्रैल को इसका उद्घाटन कर सकते हैं, हालांकि अभी प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय से अंतिम मंजूरी मिलनी बाकी है. इस एक्सप्रेसवे के खुलने से यात्रा का समय काफी कम हो जाएगा और लोगों को जाम से राहत मिलेगी.

45 मिनट में यात्रा पूरी होगी
इस नए एक्सप्रेसवे पर वाहन चालक अधिकतम 120 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटे की रफ्तार से सफर कर सकेंगे. अभी लखनऊ से कानपुर तक का सफर तय करने में कई घंटे लगते हैं, लेकिन इस एक्सप्रेसवे के चालू होने के बाद यह दूरी महज 45 मिनट में तय की जा सकेगी. इससे न केवल समय की बचत होगी बल्कि सड़क दुर्घटनाओं में भी कमी आने की उम्मीद है।

टोल टैक्स और नियम तय
सूत्रों के मुताबिक, इस एक्सप्रेसवे पर एक तरफ का टोल टैक्स 275 रुपये रखा गया है, जबकि वापसी पर टोल 415 रुपये होगा. NHAI ने साफ कर दिया है कि इस एक्सप्रेसवे पर दोपहिया और तिपहिया वाहनों को चलने की इजाजत नहीं होगी. केवल चार पहिया और भारी वाहन ही इसका उपयोग कर सकेंगे.

दो जोन में निर्माण कार्य पूरा
इस पूरे प्रोजेक्ट को दो हिस्सों में तैयार किया गया है. पहला जोन लखनऊ में 18.7 किमी लंबा है, जबकि दूसरा जोन उन्नाव में 45.3 किमी लंबा है। इस तरह कुल 64 किलोमीटर लंबा एक्सप्रेसवे अब पूरी तरह से तैयार है. इस प्रोजेक्ट की पहले रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह भी तारीफ कर चुके हैं.

इंटरचेंज एवं कनेक्टिविटी सुविधाएं
एक्सप्रेसवे दो प्रमुख स्थानों से जुड़ा है, जिसमें कानपुर-लखनऊ राजमार्ग और उन्नाव-लालगंज (रायबरेली) राजमार्ग शामिल हैं। यात्री जाजमऊ गंगा ब्रिज या गंगा बैराज होते हुए आजाद मार्ग चौराहे से इस एक्सप्रेस-वे पर आसानी से चढ़ और उतर सकेंगे।

आर्थिक विकास को बढ़ावा मिलेगा
एनएचएआई के मुताबिक, इस एक्सप्रेसवे को उच्च गुणवत्ता और सुरक्षा मानकों के साथ बनाया गया है। ऊंचा होने के कारण यह ट्रैफिक जाम से राहत देगा और लखनऊ-कानपुर कॉरिडोर को आर्थिक रूप से मजबूत करेगा। इससे व्यापार, रोजगार और पर्यटन को भी नई गति मिलने की उम्मीद है।