Thank you so very much! I wrote this article and crawled into my hole for 2 days because I was so nervous I was unknowingly being sexist or something, because this is a touchy subject, but all the comments have been so kind, thank you! Yes, my characters are Indian. I'm from India, so all my novels are set in Kolkata, West Bengal, and feature Indian characters. I should actually introduce foreign characters here and there; it's not like there're no foreigners in Kolkata. You know what, I'll do that.