There is something that has been baffling me for some time now – a disclaimer that I’ve seen as part of a lot of posts from women – “I’m not a feminist.” The irony is that all these posts have… Continue Reading →
I was listening to one of my relatives tell me how her daughter was unnecessarily anxious of her future and desperate to be the best in others’ eyes. I was thinking of my trainees when she talked. As a trainer… Continue Reading →
A few weeks back, while clearing out some of my stuff, I happened to stumble on a piece of paper that has been with me for 8 years. It was a wish list I had created as part of a… Continue Reading →
I have never been a head turner. I still am not; at least I wasn’t until I reached my hometown this time. But after going for a walk here the other day, I’ve started wondering if I have become one… Continue Reading →
It is not Mother’s day; it is not my mother’s birthday either. There is no special occasion as such. But I just feel like writing about my mother. It was last year that I wrote about my father. At that… Continue Reading →
Lucky are those kids who live a perfectly innocent childhood, because innocence lost in your childhood is innocence lost forever.
An year back and maybe even before that, I read about Khap Panchayats banning jeans for women, especially unmarried ones. Their reasoning was that women wearing jeans were the cause for the increasing number of eve-teasing incidents and rapes that… Continue Reading →
Like Kareena Kapoor says in ‘Jab We Met’, I used to be very excited about the prospect of getting married when I was a kid. I used to wear bangles covering my arm and shawls like a saree to look… Continue Reading →
He took me in his arms the day I was born. He carried me on his shoulders when I was 2. He went on to stay abroad alone for the next 25 years when I was 3, so my brother… Continue Reading →
After exactly 24 days of writing my previous blog about the jerk who molested me at the age of 7, it seems God has read my blog and wanted to give me a chance for pay-back. How else can I… Continue Reading →
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