Happy Isn’t Getting It All
What does being happy have to do with getting what you want?
Finding home & a sense of belonging within shifting identity politics of geography, region, language, politics, ideologies and culture.
What does being happy have to do with getting what you want?
I watched @netflix_in #FabulousLives. I loved Neelam as a kid & even more now. At a self-confessed 50, she exudes the understated confidence that comes from riding life’s ups & downs. But there’s also a vulnerability, the hesitation about her looks, the uncertainty of comeback roles. Unlike the brittle tantrums…
I left work late but determined to use the remaining hours. The back of the cab was silent. I got to my to-call list, hitting deadends. I paused for those rare seconds in a Mumbai day when one thinks of absolutely nothing. Then I realised I was flying. Riding flyovers…
I broke a glass ceiling of my own, as a student representing my college on the campus festival circuit.
I feel like a character in someone else’s coming of age story. The kind about a young man discovering life, love and that, contrary to what his mama said, the universe does not revolve around him. I’m Sunday morning breakfast in a social calendar filled with boozy Saturday nights &…
This boxy is a box. It is not me. When you trap my identity in labels of gender, regional feature, skin colour, this body makes me feel like a prisoner.
A boundary is a lesson in consent. It’s rooted in a sense of self. Who you are, says what you allow.
I was an English-speaking/writing poet in a sea of people who defined patriotism by their own language. I wrote about my journey of patriotism through language.
If you were born in another era, who would you be? What would your personality be like? Your values? How would you survive that world? What role would you play?
Two strangers who once were not. Or were they?