FOR decades, women have been fighting to make their way out of the kitchen. Social norms and patriarchal values interplay to seal the fate and limit the potential of many women there. Yet ironically, for women who want to cook professionally, getting into the kitchen...
You can run around with girls and boys all your life and it’s considered adorable; but when second puberty strikes, it’s like you’re suddenly walking a thin line between friends and potential lovers. Yes. Life is strange. I’ve gotten along with guys better than with...
How would you define yourself? I think I would define myself as a happy, honest, loving and authentic person. First thing you do when you wake up? I cannot do anything but look at and check updates on my phone. Last thing you do before...
Rarely do women who get a chance to migrate to the US decide to come back, let alone indulge in their creative passions. But Thrissur-native Shruthi Namboodiri is one of those rare few for whom the creative possibilities in her home, Kerala, were more luring...
“In some parts of India, staying alive is perhaps more traumatic than being dead.” — Hunger’s Daughters, pg. 132 Ostensibly, Hunger’s Daughters is about India’s girl child. Her life, her sorrows, her abandonment and abuse. Her labour. On a re-read, Hunger’s Daughters is an indictment...
1. How would you define yourself? I think I would define myself as fearless, something I inherited from my mother. My mother is very confident and fearless in whatever she does and I proudly take after her. 2. The first thing you do when you...
When Dr. Narthaki Nataraj talks about her lost love, loneliness and the one lasting friendship that has carried her through life, it’s in lyrical Tamil verse. Her words fall like honey drops, with the intensity of her emotions colouring her crystalline enunciations. Her narrative has...
Much has been said and written of Nandini Krishnan’s book Invisible Men. From calling her out on transphobic attitudes to wrongful representation to unethical reporting, her book seems to have done it all. So where can I begin this review? This book begins with a foreword...
I’ve realised that the trick to growing up is nurturing unconditional relationships, and appreciating someone despite their flaws, mistakes and stupid ideas. Judging people solely based on how they treat me, not based on how I benefit from them. Seeing them as an end within...
How would you define yourself? I would define myself as a person who exudes positive energy and ensures that I am surrounded by positive vibes. I am a very secure person; I do not like to take unnecessary tension regarding my future. I know what...
