Parallels can be drawn between Farrokhzad's poetry and today's reality.
Birds in Concrete Jungles
They have lesser freedoms and lesser rights in a world we once owned equally.
Proposed Student Visa Policy Could Hinder US Competitiveness
The proposed rules by the Trump administration would require students and scholars from certain countries to leave within either two or four years.
Why I’m Grateful for the Lockdown Despite Losing a Loved One
As a grieving sister, I would be lying if I said I am not grateful for the lockdown for bringing me closer to my brother during his last days.
Undead Chaos: Indian Newsrooms Today
A poem on the 'virus' that has afflicted newsrooms in India today.
The Day I Wore ‘Bold’ Red Lipstick
A small act of personal protest to reclaim female power.
A Fraud of My Heart – From One Sick Woman to Another
The Kerala high court recently held a woman guilty of fraud for not disclosing her cardiac ailments to her husband before marriage. It ordered her to pay him Rs 10,000 …
A Forgotten Past: On Stumbling Upon William Hodson’s Grave at a School
From a cavalry regiment to his ever-lingering presence in two prominent Indian schools, Major William Hodson, who captured Bahadur Shah Zafar and executed the last Mughal princes of India …
Closure
'The apologies I never got, and the apologies I still wait for.'
The Phases of My Life
On the many prejudices and false beauty standards that women grow up with.