The latest Manyavar ad deviated from a conservative practice without renouncing the religion altogether. It made many just uncomfortable enough to start talking.
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Diary of a Closeted Young Adult in India
My soul yearns to be caressed, to be loved and admired by someone; to be with someone I can claim my own.
The Necklace
A poem on breaking generations of women’s bondage.
Growing Up in a Half-Progressive, Half-Conservative Family
The pandemic has taken away my fair shot of freedom.
The Art of Moving Out
Moving out was choosing to live with dignity, to work on unlearning several self-sabotaging beliefs and to stride towards nurturing an unapologetic life.
The ‘Perfect’ Town
The story of a young woman who gets caught in the crosshairs of a town for being 'imperfect'.
On Reading Nivedita Menon’s ‘Seeing Like a Feminist’ in a Patriarchal Home
No matter how shaken I feel reading this book, I could not possibly be more grateful to Menon for writing this book and for giving new meaning to my …