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A New Solidarity
Solidarity is seen as a quality used to protect wrongdoers from consequences. Everyone is made to participate as a virtue. I want to reclaim this idea of solidarity.

Single By Choice
Nearly all my close friends are enjoying matrimonial bliss. “So why not you?” I hear my mother’s plaintive cry.
“Because…” and I stumble right there. Well…I don’t have a justification for my singlehood. Come to think of it, it isn’t a crime that I need to justify, is it? I am not married because I am single. That’s that.
I’m not single because I can’t get a man
I’m not single because I have something against marriage
I’m not single because I’m too busy
I’m single by choice. Yes, it is an option.
NovelRace Week 9: Taking A Stand
This week’s NovelRace update appears early because the lesson came like a revelation and it is a big one (again!). This happened in a conversation with fellow NovelRacer Rehab. Rehab asked me how I was dealing with having to take a stand. Her exact question was, Say you want to…
So There, Needy!
You may want to feel needed,But that’s no reason to make me feel needy. It doesn’t say much about your masculinity,if it feels threatened by my independence. I’d rather be alonethan with someone who needs to change meI’d rather be alonethan be someone other than myself.

The Mumbaiker’s Prayer
Lord, grant me an autorickshaw for this morning’s commute,Change and the correct meter reading at the end of the journey,A sturdy body to take the bumps and speeding around turns,The patience to not snap and end up on the side of the road, waiting againAnd a blank mind that will…
Ladies Compartment
The Mumbai metro recently announced a separate coach for women only.
For a moment she thought & realized,
Life is not the merry-go-round, but
the view one sees in ups & downs, &
the best part is to have someone you know around.
By ‘dod’ Rangers
Couldn’t resist the temptation to add on. Beautiful Pic & thanks for sharing.
@danceofdemocracyindia: Thank you for doing so! The best part of a blog is the conversations that each post sparks off.