How Female Erasure (Mis)Shapes Our History
Female erasure in history means women like my aunt, my great-grandmother—and maybe me—are left unrecorded, our stories quietly slipping out of memory.
Relationships
Navigating Family, Friendship, Marriage, Colleagues, Companions & other social connections
Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans
The Khandaan podcast inspires a journey through my Bollywood memories, uncovering how they shaped our cultural identities and gender politics in relationships.
Mad Men: Don Draper & Pregnancy Scares
Don Draper’s personal history with sex and pregnancy scares, may reveal deeper layers to his marriage to Betty. #MadMen
Bullying Insights In Pop Culture: Harry Potter To Mean Girls
Pop culture helps me frame how people behave and who I become. I found some notable insights on bullying in Harry Potter & Mean Girls.
Mad Men: THE SUITCASE Is Full Of Peggy’s Baggage
Peggy Olsen contends with her choices of relationships, desire & work in the fan favorite MAD MEN episode ‘The Suitcase’ through three men Mark, Duck & Don.
BOOK REVIEW: Daughters Of Sparta, The Penelopiad, Circe
Feminist retellings of Greek mythos offers a different view of heroism. The Sparta-Troy war is rich with women navigating complex stories of their own.
Dream A Little Happy Dream
When the world doesn’t make sense, a dream shows me the truth. I had one last night that brought me resolution from the pain of many decades.
“I Did Everything Right; Where Did It Go Wrong” Girls
She did what she thought was right. And so did she. So did I. So did they. It all still went wrong. Who can tell us why?
Making Sense Of Miracles In The Anarchy
I’m turning 44. I survived trauma, 3 recessions, a pandemic. There are miracles, there is anarchy and amidst all that, there is sense.
The One Who Was Lost In Translation
I read a gifted book after the one who gifted it left my life. It helped me understand what went wrong. We were lost in translation.