It may seem to be three ordinary words to some of us. To some of us, it may seem as the three most extra ordinary words. And to the rest of us, it may not matter at all. Similarly, for…
Month: June 2014
A woman smoking cigarettes is not usually a frequent sight in India today, but nevertheless, there are a few women who smoke. When I speak about smoking, I’m referring only to cigarettes and not ‘mouth-fagging’. Usually when we see a…
‘Breast Ironing’, it’s creepy only when you say it first right, so what is this process all about? Well, the name says it all, but much more than just the process. Breast Ironing is the pounding and massaging of a…
Every girl has to go through several phases in her entire life time. During each phase, she has to face different circumstances and several difficulties. And the way she deals with all these transitions and situations is very remarkable. Each…
As I sit down and wonder the reasons for the inequality that women suffer, especially in a male-dominated and patriarchal society like ours, various reasons cross my mind which includes: family structures, traditions and rituals etc. But what is fuelling…
We never ‘want’ to be pregnant until we have a grand wedding, Right? We never ‘want’ to have a baby unless we are sure of it, Right? We never ‘want’ a child unless we are sure we will be able…
My father, My rapist: Not everyone’s fathers day is a Happy Fathers Day! “There were two news reports, that night. First, that Nirbhaya’s father had immersed her ashes in the Ganga, and second, that there had been a fresh round…
Most of us know Audrey Hepburn as a beautiful woman – a woman who was one of the defining individuals of the film and fashion industry of her time. But what a lot of us don’t know is that Audrey…
Most of us are in the habit of cribbing about petty issues and associating our lives with things like good clothes and looks, unlimited internet access 24*7 and the like. If things do not go as planned, we think our…
All of us have come across this word several times, ‘Domestic Violence’. But we seldom think about it. Domestic violence is one of the several sensitive issues of our society which requires the attention of the educated strata of the…