‘I was her friend even before I was born.’ This thought raced in my young mind as my mother, and I crept silently to Lily’s mother’s room. The room was huge, with a high ceiling and windows with ledges and ornate
The best way to live one’s life is to live with freedom. A life that is spent doing what we want, how we want, and being happy with our choices is the one with the least number of regrets. This definition
I believe in empowerment and specifically female empowerment. Despite the progress in women empowerment over the years, women find themselves unable to own their voice across the world. This is because/the discriminatory laws and social norms remain unchanged even today.
♥ Story 01 It is at 3 am. Reem’s fingers busy typing the report on her laptop. The deadline is tomorrow. A mother’s schedule is unpredictable. Her 6 months old baby and the household work keep her busy during
I was a ray of hope for my loved ones, the eldest one in the family and the only sister to a younger brother. I was expected to guide those younger than me and be a role model with no proper guidance.
School As Space For Affirming Cultures of Gender Justice The #MeToo campaign, with its “naming and shaming” of several prominent and not so prominent academics in institutions of higher education opened Pandora’s box that brought out how widespread, and deeply
Society tries to put us, women, into boxes.Like the models in a glossy magazine cover, we have to be flawless; trophy wives with beauty, body, and brains; superwomen who balance home life, career, and child-rearing with ease. We have to be perfect
The word ‘Art’ covers a broader spectrum of various creative endeavours. It ranges from Painting, Poetry and Music to Drama, Sewing and sculpting. I think painting is a unique language you use to communicate with others. It expresses the idea
The First Woman Graduate In My Family In the grand narratives of empowerment, the micro struggles often fall by the way, remaining undocumented and unacknowledged. Feminism, with its assertion of the personal as political, makes room for understanding and honouring these
All Martial Arts are Gung Fu. They’re all hard work, if not separated from the self. If the practice of Martial Arts is separate from the self, from the way in which a person lives, they’re merely a physical exercise. But if
The events of the last few months have been too much. The world has been too much. The Virus. George Floyd. Black Lives Matter. Rio Tinto. 434 Aboriginal deaths in custody. 55 Indian journalists arrested for doing their jobs. Our