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Woman engineer at the centre of India's space mission

28 points by ghosh 13y ago

Roritharr 13y ago
I guess for India its good news that this is news.
- acchow 13y ago
  It would be good news if this wasn't news.
  - Roritharr 13y ago
    Sadly India isn't nowhere near a level where this is a problem worth worrying about. It's still okay for them to celebrate womans success stories there since they are so rare.
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tc104 13y ago
"Working 18 hours a day in a windowless room" I hope you feminist wannabe engineers have prepared yourself for this.
it_learnses 13y ago
TIL Europe is a nation.
- jkrems 13y ago
  To be fair they also listed the Soviet Union as a nation. "Nation" is an ambiguous concept (or we just lack a proper term for multi-national alliances that transcend "normal" international cooperation and become meta-nations).
  - Dewie 13y ago
    How the heck could Europe the continent be considered a nation? All of these nations are on the same landmass that someone decided to call a continent, and now they're all magically multi-national alliances?
- balladeer 13y ago
  Should have typed EU instead.
6cxs2hd6 13y ago
"Woman engineer..." is an awkward title. Would you say, "man engineer"? Better: "Female engineer..." or "The woman at the centre..." Best of all would be just use the BBC's original title: "India's Mars scientist and other working lives". (If that title doesn't elicit as many up-votes, too bad.) Yeah I know I'm being the Politically Correct Police. And I realize"international English" might not have these nuances. But I think's worth pointing out, so I did. EDIT: Great article and thanks for sharing it!
- eddieroger 13y ago
  This headline is the other side of the "why are girls not interested in science and technology" argument. We shouldn't have to call it out like being a "woman engineer" is different than just an "engineer." At least the article is closer to agnostic about it, but I wonder if they'd have called out the work/home balance and her struggles with being a good dad if the situation were reversed.
- r0h1n 13y ago
  Just the other day another HN user was berating me for using the term "female", which he felt ought only to be used to specify sex and not refer to an actual person. My point: there'll always be people who disagree on the appropriate word to use in this context :)

28 points by ghosh 13y ago

Roritharr 13y ago

I guess for India its good news that this is news.

acchow 13y ago
It would be good news if this wasn't news.
- Roritharr 13y ago
  Sadly India isn't nowhere near a level where this is a problem worth worrying about. It's still okay for them to celebrate womans success stories there since they are so rare.

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tc104 13y ago

"Working 18 hours a day in a windowless room" I hope you feminist wannabe engineers have prepared yourself for this.

it_learnses 13y ago

TIL Europe is a nation.

jkrems 13y ago
To be fair they also listed the Soviet Union as a nation. "Nation" is an ambiguous concept (or we just lack a proper term for multi-national alliances that transcend "normal" international cooperation and become meta-nations).
- Dewie 13y ago
  How the heck could Europe the continent be considered a nation? All of these nations are on the same landmass that someone decided to call a continent, and now they're all magically multi-national alliances?
balladeer 13y ago
Should have typed EU instead.

6cxs2hd6 13y ago

"Woman engineer..." is an awkward title. Would you say, "man engineer"? Better: "Female engineer..." or "The woman at the centre..." Best of all would be just use the BBC's original title: "India's Mars scientist and other working lives". (If that title doesn't elicit as many up-votes, too bad.) Yeah I know I'm being the Politically Correct Police. And I realize"international English" might not have these nuances. But I think's worth pointing out, so I did. EDIT: Great article and thanks for sharing it!

eddieroger 13y ago
This headline is the other side of the "why are girls not interested in science and technology" argument. We shouldn't have to call it out like being a "woman engineer" is different than just an "engineer." At least the article is closer to agnostic about it, but I wonder if they'd have called out the work/home balance and her struggles with being a good dad if the situation were reversed.
r0h1n 13y ago
Just the other day another HN user was berating me for using the term "female", which he felt ought only to be used to specify sex and not refer to an actual person. My point: there'll always be people who disagree on the appropriate word to use in this context :)