Tag: rebellion

Of Burnt Rice and Womanhood

The author’s take on womanhood and its subjective definitions, inspired by an anecdote narrated by her mother.

'How much of my suffering is needed for you to acknowledge or call out oppression?'

'I want to be a revolutionary. I want to bring change.'

A poem on love and its often ignored connection with revolutions.

'Life here is hung in uncertainty between two extremes. I don’t exactly know where I belong and whether what I have chosen is right or wrong.'

When a song triggered a series of memories.

'To think, one must be alive. To be alive, one must think.'

A poem on breaking away from the labels society cages you in.

Of tears, rage and suppression.