Roots
A letter by a former KNC student
And finding hope through educators who continue to make their voices heard
feminism
Roots
Recognising the many meanings of Shab-e-Barat 🕯️
Observing the night of lights and destinies in a changing world
Reviews
Annapoorani depicts the many hurdles a woman has to cross to achieve her career dream, within and outside her family
Too many spoilers, because well the movie has been taken off Netflix
palestine
On Communities and Intersectional Solidarity
This piece is getting published after the news of the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in northern Gaza and loss of hundreds of Palestinian lives who were patients, doctors, caregivers, medical staff there. Speak up, speak up, speak up. Do not be a bystander. Over the past few days,
Essays
To mother (or not, now, how)
Conversations amongst women across all generations must encompass every possibility and definition of motherhood
Reviews
Calling out shame in a 'log kya kahenge' society
Lessons from Ismat Chughtai, Devdas' Chandramukhi and Dahaad TV Series
history
Learning to knock on doors, literally and figuratively
And the difference between being an 'independent' and a 'freelancer' writer
Roots
Unpacking the phenomenon of cancel culture within families
And finding ways to counter its impact through curiosity, compassion and a willingness to listen
Essays
Letting the Greys & Silvers Speak For Themselves
Women across all ages are redefining relationships with their white hair
Roots
The Adulthood Jig is Up!
Dancing for no reason as a gateway to inviting our child-like selves
Roots
Redefining belonging to our natal homes
And a call to end traditions that ritualise the severance of this bond
Poetry
When women objectify other women's bodies
A new poem about old experiences and new realisations