In perhaps what is the most searing indictment of us adults, the kids are taking us on. And in the best way possible. Where we, the generations preceding them, have blustered through our lives on this planet without really bothering about it, and the damage we are wrecking upon it, our kids are hell bent […]
Of all the things I’ve lost in my forties, apart from what gravity and the years took away, lost friends have been the one thing that have saddened me the most. And trust me, I’ve lost quite a few. I’ve missed them terribly, but I’ve never gone back the path to find them again. But […]
Yesterday, the offspring went with a friend to watch an IPL match. This involved taking a train to go all the way to Churchgate from the distant suburb we live in and coming back late at night. He is fifteen, old enough, I told myself. I had been travelling alone by trains since I was […]
The other day I saw a rather strange tweet. It said, with accompanying pictures to prove its point, that supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid were making books the hottest new accessory. And this only because the two were spotted carrying books with them, as they went around doing their everyday supercool supermodel stuff. Bella and […]
Where does courage begin? Does it begin in the heart? Does it begin in the brain? Does it begin in the gut? Where does courage take you? What are the paths courage travels on? What are the paths one walks on, with courage holding one’s hand, or carrying one on its back? What are the […]
“Happy Valentine’s Day,” I murmured to the spouse as I heard the break in the snores that punctuated the still of the early morning. “Happy Valentine’s Day to you,” he muttered and went right back to sleep. It is our 29th Valentine’s Day together today. Perhaps that is celebration enough? I had barely met him […]
In yet another instance of how women are seen as the keepers of their men, a politician embroiled in a Twitter spat with another politician called him “a guy who ran after a Muslim lady.” The lady in question, Tabussum Rao, now the wife of Karnataka Congress President Dinesh Gundu Rao, responded to this gracefully […]
It was a film that took fourteen years to get made, and perhaps that was because it was called The Wife, joked Glenn Close at the Golden Globes yesterday as she accepted her award. But the wry humour apart, her speech was one that was from the heart and touched every single woman who was […]
Of all the ills that plague our society, caste has to be one of the worst. And when caste and the perceived notions of patriarchy and honour get entangled with a girl’s desire to marry a man she is in love with, and spend her life with him, this often results in violence. Honour killings, […]
Some years ago, a group of us, moms, bloggers, professionals, writers, creators, entrepreneurs, got together and started a wonderful initiative called Violence Against Women Awareness Month. For the entire month of November, for four consecutive years, we spoke about violence against women, putting out statistics, survivor stories, Twitter chats, Facebook posts, all in a bid […]
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