The Trouble With A Woman Asking A Man Out Is…
I’ll vouch for the self-confidence this gives a woman. But are men ready for this?
Masculinity
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Can A Man Be a Feminist?
These were my thoughts in 2013 on the male feminist. I have since recanted in 2023 with greater understanding of gender & allyship. Please read in context.
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Why I Don’t Enjoy The Company Of Men Anymore
I used to love that I was ‘one of the guys’. I grew up loving their rough-and-tumble ways. Those days are past. I don’t like being with men anymore.
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Does Being A Woman Have To Be A Fight?
Since the Shakti Mills gangrape incident hit headlines, my sense of self has been shaken up badly. How can I be a person when being a woman means living in fear?
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Everything That’s Wrong With Raksha-Bandhan
It might seem that I’m opposed to all Indian festivals but I’m actually, not. Not even to today’s grand occasion of Raksha-bandhan. Well, I have no problem with honoring the sibling relationship. If anything, I’m all for occasions that remind you to be grateful for the presence of special people…
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“I Love You If….”: The Transactional Love of an Indian Man
Indian men can be supportive, understanding, generous as long as you fit a certain idea of womanhood. This love is transactional.
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Warrior Woman
I think a lot of women are programmed to play Florence Nightingale. That’s why the idea of the tormented, disturbed man fascinates so many of us. It’s a cringe-worthy but true fact that the protagonist of the bestselling ‘Fifty Shades of Grey‘ is nothing more than a self-obsessed, abusive, damaged…
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How To Be Good – Nick Hornby: Depressingly Good
A review of ‘How to be good’ by Nick Hornby
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A Beautiful Man
I think it would be fair to say that in my choices in the opposite sex, I’ve been a ‘brains’ person, a girl who liked geeks. In those personality quiz thingies, my answers have leant in the direction of Einstein & Socrates rather than Brad Pitt & Adonis. My men…
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I feel like a character in someone else’s coming-of-age story
This character surfaces in several instances of pop culture.
