Devika Brendon

Devika Brendon is Former Consultant Editor at FemAsia. She is an Educator, Reviewer, Journalist, and Writer. Devika was awarded First Class Honours in English Literature at the University of Sydney, and holds a PhD in English Literature from Monash University. She is a Teacher of English Language and Literature, and a literary mentor to emerging writers of all ages. Devika’s poetry and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies in Sri Lanka, Australia, India and Italy. Her critical reviews and opinion pieces have been published in both print and digital media, and can be viewed on her blog.

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My parents refuse to let me tell them about how the world is ending: the high end stores in NYC are boarded up, and people are lying on the bitumen-laid bridge in Portland in peaceful protest, and people in police uniform

And They All Fall Down

The necessary overthrow of our idols in our journey of individuation. We’ve seen a lot of statues being forcibly taken down from their plinths and pedestals, in the past few weeks, as the #BlackLivesMatter movement has started to increase in

Woman Of Vision- Bakes By Bella

Entrepreneurs are disruptors by nature: progressive thinkers, impatient with limitations, people who go their own way – and not on the roads generally travelled. Melissa Dharmadasa, the creator of BakesByBella, highlights this when she says: ‘The mind is a

The Gentlest Activist

  Surviving And Thriving In Times Of Crisis If we liken ourselves and our lives to ships on the ocean, it is a challenge at times to keep afloat, let alone to successfully navigate the troubled areas of life

Power Of Digital Sisterhood

  In the last 6 to 12 months, several all-women’s groups have been created on digital media platforms. In the U.S., Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ brings together three generations of women – Jada herself, her mother and her daughter

Only With Our Consent

Some of the most crucial of choices include the decisions we make about our significant others and our love partners. In a previous era, I would have said husbands and husbands only, but today there are many kinds of categories of