Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
When I was a kid, I remember a huge tin drum standing right next to our kitchen sink. It was taller than I was and was used to store water. Water, precious water, worth everything in summer. Do I exaggerate? I was around 5 or 6 then. Old enough to…
On February 18, a fifteen-year-old British tourist called Scarlette Keeling was found dead on Anjuna Beach, Goa. Death by drowning was the initial statement by the police.
Exactly what are those pipes?
The world is my bee hive. I am a queen bee. What makes me a feminist? Is it (only) about critiquing masculinity? I think it’s more.
I’m quite offended by this new Sprite ad. A lot of ads seem to be offending me these days…no, it isn’t because ads have suddenly become offensive, it’s because I’m watching more TV. And being increasingly appalled by what popular culture is shoving down our gullets. But to come back…
The inner workings of the male mind.
Raj Thackeray has just been arrested and is being driven to Vikroli for the court hearing. We’re living in a state of anticipation of revenge. Ergo – an axe to grind, an axe to fall.
I categorise Indian men by the states they hail from.
On Sunday, violence erupted in Mumbai (not again…). Taxi-drivers, paan-wallas and ‘outsiders’ (read UPites and Biharis) were the target of assault by frenzied MNS supporters. In an is-it-related-or-not incident, Amitabh Bachchan’s house was attacked the next day, spurred by resentment towards his move to set up a girls’ school in…
I was an amateur singer in college. Inadvertently, the campus festivals also became my ground for shattering glass celings with my voice.