Dear Girls, Marriage is so much More than the Wedding Day!
The below post has been published on Women’s Web and was selected as a Featured Post. I was watching the popular English sitcom Friends the other day and a dialog of Monica’s on her brother’s wedding made me stop and take notice. She said “Ross, how long have you been thinking of this wedding? Emily […]
The Great Indian Kitchen – MovieReview. MUST WATCH!
A hard hitting story that tempts you in with droolworthy images of delicious treats, catches you unawares, and throws you headlong into the abyss of what it actually means to be a woman running a household in India. Director Jeo Baby’s ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ hit the OTT platform Neestream on the 15th of Jan […]
Why do women shy away from handling finances?
Why do working women not manage their own finances? Why are homemakers only silent spectators of the financial decision making process at home? Why do women always turn to the men for all financial handling? It was a couple of years ago when I was in the UK that a piece of news I read […]
Why you MUST WATCH Enola Holmes!
The glaring misogyny is repulsive, and yet a shocking realisation of the times women have been through to get even basic rights. What lengths they had to go to so we could be here today. Enola Holmes, the movie, an adaptation of Nancy Springer’s mystery novels, is now streaming on Netflix. Enola, sister of world […]
Bringing up our Boys Right – My Takeaway from Thappad & BoisLockerRoom!
The Thappad. I watched the movie Thappad a few weeks ago (FINALLY) and almost immediately, like everyone else around me, I jumped on the judgemental wagon that has been doing the rounds – Did she do right? Was she justified? Would anyone in real life ever do this? For the uninitiated, the movie is basically […]
Becoming by Michelle Obama #BookReview
I must begin this book review at a very strangely significant place indeed. Strange because this isn’t where I would usually begin a review, although it’s where a book begins. Significant because, and I am sure every book lover would agree with me, this is the first (albeit not the most important) factor in a […]
Dowry Deaths & our Desperation for Daughters’ Marriages
Sudha rushed into her room and shut the door close. Putting all her weight against it, she took deep long breaths even as tears threatened to erupt. She determinedly pulled a chair from nearby and lodged it under the handle to jam it. She could hear her husband and mother-in-law banging on it from outside. […]
My Sister , My Rakshak – A Raksha Bandhan of Sisters.
It is that time of the year yet again, when Raksha Bandhan is just around the corner. A traditional Hindu festival, celebrated all over India, it is famous for symbolising the eternal love between a brother and sister. Not a mere celebration of sibling love though, for the festival in fact is known to be […]
Incredible Women on #IInspire – Anupama Dalmia
Anupama Dalmia Award Winning Blogger. Author of ‘Aarohi’. Creative Writing Mentor & Instructor. Founder @ Rhythms & Beats. Co-Founder @ Tingle Your Taste Buds. And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her […]
Incredible Women on #IInspire – Kalpana Manivannan
Kalpana Manivannan Environment & Food Safety Activist. Owner & Farmer @ Kalpavriksha Farms. Blogger. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. – J.K.Rowling A successful Biology teacher loved by staff and students alike, on the brink of a big step up the career […]