Corn Chips
A rumination over corn chips while on a plane.
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
Completely Pointless Ramblings on Love
Today I’m going to talk about love. It’s an overused term, I know. But I haven’t written about it in a long time. Not really. I have been suspicious of love, waged war with it, tried to control it, compartmentalise it and even ignore it. Today, I sit down with…
All Is Well
I took the first step today. I asked for help. I admitted that I wasn’t well.
Red Lipstick Is My Superhero Cape
When I was small, lipstick was fascinating. It was a delicious tube that needed to be rotated and a magical colour would rise out of it. It would touch lips that made as if to bite it off (it looked so delicious!) but never did. And discreetly, its power unleashed,…
Speaking Of Why I Don’t Marry
A beloved uncle shared this TOI Blog by Vinita Dawra Nangia with me. (‘Whom Should I Marry?’). This was my response: Dear uncle, I liked where the article seemed to be going (this is how the decision/marriage model has worked so far, here’s why those references are not valid anymore)…
What Friendship Needs (Not Preachy I Promise)
Friendship doesn’t need effort. It needs courage. The courage to reach out and say hello. The courage to not mind if they don’t say hello back. This is not the same as not caring. It’s caring, very much but not letting that stop you. It needs a little bit of…
Sunshine Moment
‘Little Miss Sunshine’ is about a dysfunctional American family. But I think it’s really about kicking ass. Let me tell you my own Little Miss Sunshine story.
Ladies Compartment
The Mumbai metro recently announced a separate coach for women only.
The Completely Bearable Lightness of Being 35
I feared the mundanity of 35. I’m learning it’s not mundane when it happens naturally.
Men Are Just As Misinformed About Their Rights As Women
Dispelling some myths about men’s rights