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.
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
Survival Blinkers
When science & facts fail to prove causality, one must turn to belief for survival. Maybe there is no such thing as causality but it helps me cope.
My #MeToo Check
#MeToo has just broken out. I’m doing a check on all the ways this describes me. Yes, Me Too.
Thank You For The Paper Planes
I returned to the poetry circuit last week. Yes, I have been performing here and there but only where I’ve been pulled in. 2017 has hit me with so many things, I’ve needed to stop and regain my breath. I wrote a new piece and read it right off my…
Thank You For The Ghosts
I met people I had ghosted. I was contacted by those who ghosted me. Maybe all ghosts bear gifts.
Knotted
A poem about being knotted in love –
“You had me tied up in knots
turning over your every word
twisting each smile,
into shapes of affection”
The Nature Of The Current
The nicest thing to happen was that I felt like myself in my own skin. The nature of the current is home.
Lipstick Under My Burkha: Not Feminism But A Revenge Saga Against Men
Lipstick Under My Burkha is not feminism; it’s a revenge saga against men writ large on the silver screen.
The Ugly Male Face Of ‘Cannot Cope’
I always thought India hates its daughters. But now I believe it hates its sons even more. One of the biggest advantages that I have is that I was given a realistic view of the world’s indifference and even hostility to my existence. Yes, this is an advantage because growing…
Okay 2017, I Concede. Let’s Wait It Out.
I want to write something simply because the topmost post on this blog for too long now, has been a painful memory that victimised me. I am not actually dwelling in the past. The present has had me too caught up to even think about the future, let alone the…