The ceaseless battle with uncertain thoughts, entangled in undecipherable fear, has led me to a resolute decision: to immerse myself in reading.
Tag: woman
The Modesty Code: My First Encounter With ‘Sexism’
I have witnessed what life was for women living in joint-families laced with religious and cultural beliefs that deprived them of their privacy and dignity.
The Colourful Love-Life of Ms Grewal
The poem emanates from a dinner table conversation in which one of the poet’s guests, a young lady, spoke uninhibitedly about her past loves and liaisons.
The Eyes on My Street
It's funny that what Foucault stated about a prison and how people’s gaze can visually control another person seems so relevant to my neighbourhood.
Of Burnt Rice and Womanhood
The author’s take on womanhood and its subjective definitions, inspired by an anecdote narrated by her mother.
‘The World Is in Your Fingertip’
Musings of a first-time voter during the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.
I Don’t Know Who Killed Me
A poem about the trauma and injustice of living as a woman in a patriarchal world