Dirty Talk
Real talk is dirty. It’s not that I have forgotten stage fright.
Home & Identity
Finding home & a sense of belonging within shifting identity politics of geography, region, language, politics, ideologies and culture.
5 Lessons From A Bad Haircut
I got a painfully bad haircut. What could I do? Would throwing a tantrum change it? Instead, I learnt.
What Dogs Teach Me About Boundaries
I’ve never thought of myself as a dog person. I was chased by a dog in my youth and another one later. I’ve held my breath trying to quell panic through dog-owners insisting that their pets are harmless babies, that I shouldn’t worry and that anybody who hates dogs is…
Strong Woman
It is the face of a woman that the world likes to call a Strong Woman. It is a tired look. A jaded look. A bored look. A dismissive look.
Call Me No Names
The Novelty Girl. The Character In Someone Else’s Coming of Age Story. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl. The Guilty Pleasure. The Bucket-list Woman. Names I’ve been called.
Interesting Things
“She tried to be the kind of person that interesting things happened to.”
Paper Plane Pilot
Writing was my catharsis, till it became my crutch. A paper plane showed me the way out.
A Tour Guide to You
Please don’t ask me to read you. I’ve spent far too long looking deep into other people.
A Garden of Abundance
I like the word ‘abundance’. It signifies so much more than wealth or any other kind of material possession.
Coming Out Of Vertigo
I’m enjoying the company of books & plants. For the first time these don’t feel like escape from the loneliness between men. It makes my past feel like vertigo.