On Being Thirty-Four: Then & Now
I wonder if being thirty-four has changed in the last three decades.
Home & Identity
Finding home & a sense of belonging within shifting identity politics of geography, region, language, politics, ideologies and culture.
-
-
City | Home & Identity | Poetry | Pop Culture | Roving I
IFocal: Assembly Line
I sometimes hear outsiders call Mumbaikers, mechanical. Could that be true? I think we awaken every morning, bright with the colour of our individuality. Then the city crystalizes us into a reverse prism, bringing out only the most necessary aspects of our being and spits us out, still filtered and…
-
Love Is Such An Effort These Days
miss how easy it used to be to fall in love. I miss its effortlessness. I miss not even knowing that it could be an effort.
-
Saadgi: The Indian Plain Jane ideal
Western feminism talks about the infantalisation of women. Childish behaviour is rewarded, glorified and in some cases, forcibly attributed too. I think the Indian counterpart is a bit different – but there is an Indian counterpart. The Indian culture, across states idolizes the Plain Jane. In general conversations among my…
-
A Conversational Weekend
Mumbaikers don’t consider a minute well-spent unless it’s used for something tangible. Conversations don’t count.
-
Every Moment Is An Opportunity To Fall In Love
We can choose to get angry or nitpick or find fault with or be offended by. Or we can choose to look at what a wonderful experience it is. Love.
-
I’m Not A Real (Something Something)…
You don’t have to be a ‘real’ anything to be real.
-
The Taste Of Success
When will being me feel like a success?
-
My Inner Madonna
I almost said no and called this post ‘Not A Party Girl’. Instead, today I chose my Inner Madonna.
-
Angry Woman
Hello. I am an Angry Woman. This is not the same thing as Angry Girl that gives rise to a subculture of music and other pop references. It has only partly to do with my age.
