Sumeeta Singh

I have been a long-time lover of Sex And The City, from when it debuted in 1995-96. The sheer premise of being a woman and actually having sexual freedom, professional accomplishments and financial independence, was exhilarating for a college student like me. In 1995, my life revolved around being shamed for wanting freedom, wanting success, wanting to live on jt own terms and wanting to explore the world, on my terms. That's what the men who hate shows like Four More Shots don't understand. For middle-class Indian women, tiny choices, like being able to wear a skirt, enjoy a drink, pursue a career and just HAVE SOME GODMMNED FUN are so out of reach. For ordinary Indian women? Such shows are aspirational. These women have a life and freedom, that we can only dream about. I am a married Indian woman who was not allowed to enter my mother-in-law's house, and subjected to much abuse, simply because she hated the idea of her son being married, and no longer under her thumb. That's what it's like for millions of ordinary Indian women -- having to fight for basic respect, and dignity. That's why such shows are important -- they allow women to peek outside the walls of our societal prison and dream of a life that we could have had, in different circumstances