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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
July 25, 2020

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
July 25, 2020
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A Quintet Of Comfort Food

Food which brings us consolation need not be full of sugar and carbohydrates. It can nurture us in a more subtle and long-term way. Apricot Chicken This is something rare in my experience: a recipe that cannot fail.
January 25, 2020

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
January 25, 2020

Shhh Dealing With Taboo Topics

  Shanuki de Alwis decided to open up a talk show in a digital space where women could speak about issues that conservative societies suppressed: ‘For the longest time, I have wanted to find ways to expand the conversations beyond my
October 25, 2019
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Poison Apple And Other Things

An Interview With Megan Dhakshini Megan Dhakshini is a multi-faceted creative: a writer, singer and voice actor, and it is her voice and the flowing conveyance of self that is evident in her first book of poems, ‘Poison Apple’. Megan’s
October 25, 2019

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
July 25, 2019

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
April 25, 2019
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