If You Won’t Let Us Laugh, Someday We’ll Make You Cry
‘Veere Di Wedding’ caused an uproar. Why? Because Indian audiences find it intolerable for women to laugh, much less laugh together.
Books
Book reviews & analyses
BOOK REVIEW: Rust & Stardust-T Greenwood: Stars Under The Rust
Reading ‘Rust & Stardust’ (a true crime account that inspired the fiction book ‘Lolita’) helped me process old trauma.
Breaking Up With The RomCom
I have been a fan of the romcom since it became possible for me to choose what to watch. Now, I find myself wincing during rewatches.
The Hidden Politics Of Book Discussion
I follow this blog-in-Facebook-updates called LABYRINTHS. Its picture-stories trigger off ideas, feelings and on occasion, memories. Today’s story is titled The IVORY BOOK CLUB and is a conversation between two people about the quality of literature. It felt like an instant frame capture from my own life and here’s what…
BOOK REVIEW: Turtles All The Way Down – John Green
John Green books place teenagers in horrific situations (cancer, accidents, abuse). Still ‘Turtles all the way down’ is a different kind of monster.
BOOK REVIEW: Harriet The Spy-Louise Fitzhugh: Flinch, Harriet
‘Harriet the Spy’ is about a 11 year old girl who is gagged by family & system and forced into therapy. Reading helped me crystallise my own identity crisis.
What’s Your Poison? – Addictions You May Not Know You Have
We all face situations that are alarming & scary. We seek escape. This must mean we are all creating potential addictions for ourselves, every day.
Aren’t You Glad I’m Not Carrie?
I read ‘Carrie’ by Stephen King. In the same week, I received an invitation to a school alumni meet.
The Trials Of The Girl Who Reads
The Crush has given me a book. The question is to read or not to read?
There’s No Sane Way To Grieve
Breakups need to be grieved. Grieving is messy and the path to healing isn’t straight. But if you have the space & support, it happens.