I have been euphoric at the question of raising the marriageable age of women, but my heart aches knowing my domestic worker's daughter still wouldn't be able to escape …
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To Those Five Women: Are You Still Collecting Your Pieces?
Victims do not possess the luxury to process. They have to go on.
When Patriarchs Attain Glory by Doing the Bare Minimum
My grandmother worships her brother to this date because, according to her, he gave her a home which was not abusive. Not loving or supportive, just 'not abusive'.
To the Women Before Me
'I am a cumulative of their resistance, their patience and their rebellion.'
Strictly Stalking: The Perils of Walking As a Woman in a City
I constantly look out for suspicious men, and take different routes occasionally with backward glances as I turn corners.
Memories Beyond Dusk
On unsafe streets, lurid comments and the unavoidable male gaze.
What The Thunder Wants To Say To The Crime Scene
A poem about dehumanisation of rape victims, loss of identity, a prevailing history of non-justice – as seen in case after case in our country.
But Why Was She Wearing That?
No article of clothing, no matter how revealing or 'sexy', is consent.