@madhu_shrieks @mastodonindians

Wow. That's an intriguing chain of threads. I want to reply to all of them.

3. Very very common in other the walk of life. I sometimes get very cautious about it (not the predatory part). And ask myself thrice "Am I mansplaining it?"

4. That is so creepy. I think your teacher was just a creep.

On the casteism thing, was this the first time in your life that someone told you that? Because for me (I am also a Bramhin), I was told that by relatives and others many times. It gets very irritating too. Like I don't want to take credit of this thing. Stop praising me for that. Even the last time when I was back home someone said "wearing the thread is a matter of pride, not everybody gets to do it". It was awkward when I said that it has been almost 8 years since I had worn one. :-P

I have heard about the last point from friends that education is filmmaking is something that many can't afford. Specially I think in private colleges and universities? In West Bengal, JU has a comparatively good and cheaper program. Profs are also chill.