Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
‘Kuch kuch hota hai’ was on TV yesterday. One of the early movies that made Karan Johar into a brand name. I was in college when I saw this movie. Of course I couldn’t say I liked it…it wasn’t cool to admit to liking this sort of popcorn-n-plastic fare! But…
I read an article in the Mumbai Mirror today titled “Find the missing comic”. It listed all the finalists of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’ and surprise, surprise…they were all male! The article went on to ask people whether women had a sense of humour or not. Of course we…
Navigating relationship honesty: Should one disclose their past? Exploring societal expectations and gender double standards. #Relationships #Honesty
Not a week goes by without one of us having a problem with a bank. Login access problems, wrongly debited entries, incorrect charges…the list is endless. We got to thinking of some ways to keep our money safe and out of the reach of those moolah-monsters…. SNC: I think I’ll…
There was a death. And I watched who was allowed to grieve and who was required to show strength. It made me ponder masculinity.
A lot of us confuse love and lust. I tend to think men do that more often than women. All my aware life, I have been hearing about how men distinguish sex from love but women equate the two. Real life shows the contrary. True, at least in our early…
Emotional solitaire: A journey of self-contentment, embracing the beauty of being a loner. Explore the bliss of enjoying your own company.
Women are beautiful. The fairer sex really is the fairer sex. I know this has been common knowledge for years but the full meaning hit me just today. I was in the ladies compartment of a train…for a change not squeezed into a crowd but with enough space to look…
A candid account of feeling violated in public spaces by a look, challenging societal norms, and the struggle for solidarity.
Sagnik asked me to sum up in one sentence ‘What women want’. I thought for a moment of all the things I could say and said ‘The same thing men want’. Here’s why I think so. Men want:SexMoneyPowerRespectStatusFriendshipLoveFunSecurityAdmiration And here’s what women want:To be seen as more than sex symbols….