'They tell her to fly only to clamp her wings just when she learns to take off.'
Tag: freedom
The First Day After Curfew
'The peace may not be permanent, but, it's a new beginning!'
The U-Turn of the Century
'Slowly the blackness will spread and envelop all that do not conform.'
Harriet Tubman: Biden Revives Plan to Put a Black Woman of Faith on the $20 Bill
Although millions voted to put her face on the bill in an online poll, many still don't know the story of her life and the role faith played in …
A Journey to the Centre of Her Existence
Growing up as a woman in India.
Maid’s Mirror
A poem on a domestic worker through the eyes of her employer and the relationship between the two.
‘I Used to Be a Desirable Woman’
'I am now just an exhausted, content woman.'
Don’t Tell Her to Behave ‘Like a Girl’
A poem about bringing up a girl child.
Coronavirus Pandemic: Key Lessons to be Learned
'Can we forget to hate and remember to love?'
‘Free as a Bird’: A Day in Shantha Paati’s Busy Life
Shantha Sridharan is a veena teacher by morning and Hindi tutor by evening. Above all, she is an endearing Paati to her PG girls.