A woman in her forty, is being told by her friends that forty is the new twenty. But she is so tired. Tired of trying to look like she is twenty, tired of trying to have the energy of a twenty year old and tired of maintaining the hypocrisy that you might look like aContinue reading “Midlife Musings – The Exhausted Forty Year Old”
Tag Archives: Feminism
Seven Fictional Heroines who rocked their short hairdos
It’s a fact widely accepted now that much of what a female body and everything about how her appearance should look like is dictated by everyone else other than the woman herself. And if, for some reason, women choose to dress and look as per their own wishes, they are either stereotyped or dismissed orContinue reading “Seven Fictional Heroines who rocked their short hairdos”
Dead Weight – The obsession with female bodies and their weight
I went for a Hindu funeral ritual last weekend. A distant family member had died, and we have this ritual on the thirteenth day where friends and family are invited for a meal, after a puja is done, to say goodbye to the spirit of the one who has passed. I don’t know if itsContinue reading “Dead Weight – The obsession with female bodies and their weight”
A Lifetime In The Kitchen
What is it with Indian cuisine? Why have we made our lives so difficult having such elaborate meals and cuisines which have recipes that lead to our cooks spending hours and probably their entire lives in the kitchen, for a fully balanced, well cooked meal? My Grandmother’s Time Girls married as young as 13 years,Continue reading “A Lifetime In The Kitchen”
March Musings – Why won’t women eat first?
I decided to write about women this month. If February is associated with love, then surely March is associated with talking about women right? It being International Women’s day and all? So I decided to dedicate an entire month to thinking about women, standing up for us, celebrating us, and basically trying my own versionContinue reading “March Musings – Why won’t women eat first?”
Rotis are round and Parathas are triangular
It all started when my cousin sister and I were making rotis/chapatis/Indian bread in the kitchen, as was the norm these days. No wait, it actually started on the night when my sister was trying her best to turn the round blob of play dough, oh sorry, I meant wheat dough, into triangular shapes, becauseContinue reading “Rotis are round and Parathas are triangular”
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum – Thoughts
Its books like these that make me thankful to be part of a global book club/book community, since I wouldn’t have even thought of picking up this book, had it not been chosen as the BOTM selection for one of my online book clubs. And I’m glad I read it. This would be around aContinue reading “A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum – Thoughts”
Rules For Being A Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno – Thoughts
I haven’t reads any of Candace Bushnell’s or Katie Cotugno’s books before, but I was a huge fan of the Sex and the City series in HBO at least. Based on just that, I was delighted to be approved by the publishers to read their latest book with YA protagonists – Rules for being aContinue reading “Rules For Being A Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno – Thoughts”
I’ve got your back, girl..
Tell me a story mummy!!”, my four-year-old daughter said with the insistence of a politician. “Alright, alright, what story do you want to hear today?” “A scary one!” “Not again!”, I said with an exasperated sigh. “Why don’t we listen to some nice happy story today? Maybe about princesses and magic and unicorns?” I wasn’tContinue reading “I’ve got your back, girl..”
But mummy! Boys don’t cry!!
Two days back my nearly four year old daughter returned from childcare and told us about how a boy in her class fell and got a bad cut with glass and had blood oozing all over his leg. In her words below: “Mummy! You know, Akhilesh fell down today in the big mirror door andContinue reading “But mummy! Boys don’t cry!!”
Starry Eyed Enigma 