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Women's Day Messages On Social Media: Pink, Patronising, And Problematic

India, March 17 -- Women's day is over and I am on a clean-up drive, deleting the countless posters & videos that flooded social media on that day. Most of them coloured pink had acronyms, poems on wo... Read More


What Does A Woman's Clothes Have To Do With A Child's Upbringing?

India, March 17 -- Wearing neatly pressed clothes that look attractive with accessories that match and a lovely hair-do-all these give a general sense of well-being for a woman. The truth is, a woman ... Read More


A Prayer Inspired By 'Still I Rise' By Maya Angelou

India, March 16 -- (A poem loosely inspired by or based on the poem of resistance and empowerment titled 'Still I Rise' penned by Maya Angelou, which I intend to share with fellow poets, humanists, an... Read More


Women, Take Back Your Power.If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?

India, March 16 -- The freedom to do what I want when I want without being answerable to anyone. It is a privilege. This privilege comes with a peace of mind that is invaluable. The other day I was ... Read More


Because He Provides, I Must Adjust To The Humiliation

India, March 16 -- Trigger Warning: Suicidal Ideation and threat, psychological abuse, unsupportive parents. "There's enough mayhem everywhere. Don't you dare disturb the peace of your house?" My mot... Read More


I Shared My Story Of Molestation During Holi On Twitter. And Then The Trolling Started!

India, March 16 -- I was sexually harassed as a teenager in my apartment complex while playing Holi, and the incident left me so scarred, I never played Holi again. When I shared the story of my haras... Read More


I Have No Regrets Being A Mother And Single!

India, March 16 -- "Don't do that, please. Your father is wrong. Listen to what I say. Go back to your husband," my mother who was just back from the hospital had cried. I didn't listen to her. I chos... Read More


Namrata Mehta Of Sightsavers India: Vision Is Different From Sight

India, March 16 -- Namrata Mehta is a social development professional working at Sightsavers India as Technical Specialist-Policy Analysis and Coordination and lives with a visual impairment. A conver... Read More


If not you who? If not now when?

India, March 16 -- The freedom to do what I want when I want without being answerable to anyone. It is a privilege. This privilege comes with a peace of mind that is invaluable. The other day I was... Read More


Housework Gender Gap: When Men Buy Their Free Time With Women's Labour

India, March 15 -- I never expected Hollywood to bring a social evil like the housework gender gap on the big screen in the way it has done in the movie 'Tully'. It is one of those movies that will st... Read More