When we were younger and my brother was stopped from doing something as minute as chopping vegetables, I internalised the oft-repeated lesson that 'it isn't right to have men …
Tag: patriarchy
The Bra Debate: Ladies, You’ve Been Scammed
I have not worn a bra for three years now. Here's a little story about how I got here.
A Letter to My Father
Papa, I learned something new today. In our house, we educate women. If they speak of what they have learned, we stop them and tell them how wrong they …
A Dive Into the Dirty World of India’s Dating Coaches
Following the LawSikho debacle, the writers set out to discover the shady workings of the Indian pick-up artist industry.
Thoughts on My Now-Reformed-Previously-Abusive-Ex-Boyfriend
How to cope with your abuser making amends and why progress cannot demand forgiveness.
The Secret of the Gol Roti
A poem on young girl growing up to discover the patriarchal connotations of marriage.
Another Boys Locker Room? How ‘Harmless Banter’ Led to a Google Drive Full of Nudes at Kolkata
An abuser is neither an anomaly in the system, nor an outlier. They're just men who were reassured that the system would always let them get away with anything.
Battlefield
The men, the women and the battles to be fought inside and out.
Grieving Those We Cancel: A Call For Restorative Culture
Cancel culture makes us fight the battle of patriarchy with the same weapons that created the battlefield in the first place. In this reality of a lose-lose situation, it …
The #MeTwo Movement: Notes on (Cyber) Crime, Mental Well-Being and PTSD in 2020
What is the solution to behaviour like the 'Bois Locker Room'? Is it predatory, or is it just bad parenting? Who do I hold accountable?