Delving into my limited capacity to understand the social and political processes of the lives of my two grandmothers.
Tag: identity
Review: Understanding the Politics of Memory, Resistance and Collective Amnesia
Yoko Ogawa's 'The Memory Police' imagines a world where memories are policed, targeted, altered and erased to suit the regime.
Namesake
A poem on breaking away from the labels society cages you in.
Chasing Death Drive in an Oxford Year
A personal poetic piece on experiencing cultural alienation and isolation in the city of dreaming spires.
An Inheritance of Memories
A personal essay on my grandmother and her life in Assam and West Bengal.
The Language I Love In
A poem about my identity as a woman part of a refugee family and the anxieties associated with it.
‘Ñ-nah-vi’: The Story of My Much Mispronounced Name
My problem is not with those who mispronounce it, but with those who do not make an effort to say it correctly even after being told how to.
The Toll Playing the Identity Game Takes on You
What gives our government the right to question our existence?
‘Wake N’ Bake’ Review: Why Indian Standup Needs More Men Like Rohan Joshi
Joshi's one-hour special shows that it's possible to have your audience in splits without being insensitive in the process.
On Confronting the Messiness of Identity and Nationality
What does it mean to have a nationality, an identity? And why do other people get to answer these questions for us?