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Myntra logo: The unnecessary controversy

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Myntra changes its logo after activist calls it 'offensive' towards women!  I came across this piece of news recently on various online news platforms and it just blew my mind. I  mean how idle or pervert one has to be to see something offensive in a logo?   Naaz Patel is a social activist who founded an NGO which goes by the name Avesta Foundation located in Mumbai which provides shelter, food, and medical assistance to destitute senior citizens and marginalized section of the society. This woman filed an FIR against Myntra because apparently, she found the logo to be offensive towards women. When I first read this, I kept wondering how can a logo be offensive to a particular gender? Before starting to criticize her, I wanted to believe that this lady better have a pretty good reason to file an FIR against such a big company. I mean it is difficult to go against a big company head-on. So, I opened Myntra's website and stared at the logo for a good 15 minutes yet I f...