A New Solidarity
Solidarity is seen as a quality used to protect wrongdoers from consequences. Everyone is made to participate as a virtue.
Womanhood
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We Should All Be Nightiewali Aunties
I saw a trio walk down the main road last night. As they passed under the street light, I caught a flash of familiar fabric swathes across their bodies. Dupattas, hijabs, masks – who could say? Immediately the thought sprung to my mind – ‘The Nightiewali Aunties’.
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Saree-Wearers Club
There is a sense that the Saree Wearers’ Club is an exclusive one, limited to women who are married or of a certain age, have a certain body shape and even they wear it in certain ways & on occasions only.
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Feminine Strength In The Room
I read ‘Room’ and ‘See What You Made Me Do’ to understand why men hurt women. They were triggering but they helped me find strength.
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Different Shades of Grief
In how many ways shall I experience grief? I watched THAPPAD and thought about all the people who have hit me. In plural
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Menstrual Cup Anniversary: Third Time’s A Charm
This is a recap of my menstrual cup journey. I have not one but two that suit me now.
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Women Walking
The bonds between women are downplayed, disrupted and even villified.
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Strong Woman
It is the face of a woman that the world likes to call a Strong Woman. It is a tired look. A jaded look. A bored look. A dismissive look.
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One Of The Girls
I thought of myself as ‘one of the boys’ because I didn’t identify with how femininity was practised around me. I’ve come a long way. I may even be one of the girls.
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Feminism Is A Conversation
I’ve soldiered on in feminism alone. Last night, I saw a community police itself. And it let me go back to being a person, not a soldier for an evening.
