My personal experience on gaslighting – a tale we all hear and yet barely acknowledge publicly.
Tag: marriage
No, I Don’t Need to Marry to Live My Best Life
Recognising the conditioning that I need to marry to live my best life and make my family proud was a revelatory experience for me.
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 …
Three Women: Stories of Indian Trafficked Brides
Men and women operate as brokers, agents or suppliers, to facilitate marriages with brides in other states. In many cases, young women are often tricked, manipulated, abducted or coerced …
It Hurts to Be a Child of Divorce
My traumas are an undying part of me.
Me, Ma and Macher Jhol: My Fishy Adventures With Bengali Food
As a vegetarian Malayali Nair married into a Bengali household, it took me a long while to conquer fish.
A Heartfelt Letter to Indian Parents
All we want is mutual understanding, so love us for who we are.
The Secret of the Gol Roti
A poem on young girl growing up to discover the patriarchal connotations of marriage.
Biological Factors Drive Homosexuality – Not Choice
A gene called SLITRK6, which is active in a brain region called the diencephalon, differs in size between people who are homosexual or heterosexual.