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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Aishwarya, Cannes and body shaming: Bracketing showbiz women in stereotypes and other questions

New Delhi, From epitomising the stereotype to breaking it, right on the most glittering of global showbiz events, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has sashayed down many a red carpet with poise and pizzazz. Not the Peter Pan-esque beauty but one setting benchmarks for aging gracefully - and happily.

She did so again in Cannes last month, becoming the centre of a furious debate on why women must be held to impossible standards, why they must conform to the expectation that they look the same year after year. Notwithstanding the vagaries of life and time.

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