

Hot Paranthas
‘Mummy is having a migraine it seems.’ ‘How do you know?’ Shalu could feel the panic in her own voice. Today was Diwali and they had...


The Saree Man
‘Should I show something in a different range then?’ Shakil was exhausted. All he wanted was to catch the last local home. The heat was...


Wrestlers Protest – The Why and The What Next
This week, going through my routine scrolling a came across a couple of things worth writing about. One was a post from Take the Lead (a...


Plastic Sheets
First Published on Stories From The Peninsula Drizzling, slight rain gets a bad rap for being incomplete. For lacking in passion....


The Wedding Night
First published on Women's Web The downpour from last night had left behind quite a few puddles all around the outside wall, dripping red...


Mental Health - Comprehending the incomprehensible
Tanushree Ghosh The pandemic has brought mental health and its severe manifestations (suicide, domestic violence) to the forefront. It's...


Netflix, The Big Day, and Marriage vs. Wedding
Tanushree Ghosh @thoughtsnrights The recent weeks have been so heavy that it will probably seem surprising that I choose to write on The...


A Pandemic and A Parlor
It was not going to be a happy festive season. That part was given. But at least it could have been a pretty one. Seema had never had to...


Release note: Blasphemy, and some thoughts...
Literature, although an independent interest for me when I was merely a reader, morphed into an avenue for social justice when I picked...


Love in the time of COVID: some ways to assist those affected
Disclaimer: this article doesn't cover everything that can or should be done, or is available. It focuses on two specific opportunities...