A personal essay on my failed attempt at making a place for myself in both these spaces, and trying to normalise equality at home.
Author: Manvi Gupta
Accepting My Rural Identity
Writing a research paper on Bundelkhand became the beginning of my quest to not only seek my aboriginal identity, but also to be worthy of it by writing about …
How Society ‘Domesticates’ Girls
In a rural setting that treats women as nothing more than a domestic entity, young girls are left to search for a purpose in wifehood.
Hostels, Bullies and Coming to Accept My Body
The jibes, the sketches, the insulting looks, the fright and unresolved anger – it all started choking me until I chose to take the time to heal.