A poem about women's silence for the supposed power signified by a bunch of keys.
Tag: generational trauma
Kill Me
A poem on mental health dynamics in our society through a personalised lens that aims to to shine a light on how it affects each generation.
Broken Parents Raise Broken Kids
A poem about being raised in a dysfunctional family.
Parents, Households and Mental Health
The toxicity of a family might vary from being very trivial to extremely unbearable. But the worst part is some of us don’t even realise that it’s not normal.
Homing as a Single Displaced Woman
The author explores the desire of a single woman from a small city to build a home in a big city.
To Mothers Who Do Not Want to Mother
An empathetic letter to the exhausted mother, and to to the mother who does not want to mother.
Naani Takes Over the Narrative
A personal essay on the life and struggles of women in large households, and how their labour is often overlooked.
I Got My Father’s Tongue
A poem on the struggles of growing up in a patriarchal family.
In a Parallel Universe
A poem on how traditional ideas of motherhood in a patriarchal society can often alienate women from themselves.