For generations, women have been fighting for something incredibly basic: equal opportunities. Equal pay. Equal respect. The freedom to build a life on our own terms.

And yet, when Upasana Konidela echoed these very ideas to a room full of students, she was slammed, called “woke,” “capitalist,” “tone-deaf,” and worse. All because, along with ten perfectly reasonable points, she dared to mention egg freezing as an “insurance” that allows women to chase their goals without racing against biology.

At IIT Hyderabad, she simply pointed out an observation: more male students were keen on getting married soon, while more women wanted to focus on their careers. Her advice followed naturally, if women want the freedom to plan life, marriage, and motherhood on their own terms, egg freezing is one

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