I watched ‘Aruvi’ last weekend, probably after the rest of the world had seen it twice. I kept hearing overwhelmingly great reviews about the movie, everywhere on the social media that I wanted to wait it out, let the praises settle down a bit, clear my head of biases and watch it without expectations. In fact, so high were the…
It’s been two years since I left India, The country I called home As I grew from a child to a woman, My home closed into a dome I lived in India for thirty-one years, I was preached about rights and wrongs But my thoughts were always at odds And I never really belonged. I was asked to open…
What is harassment really? Rape, touch, leer? Indifference to comments and cat-calls? Anything that fosters fear? The #MeToo hashtag is trending And makes me stop and think As I relate to and resonate Few flashback tears, I blink. I have little stories, Some dark secrets untold. Pages from my childhood, When I was eight or nine years old. We were…
When was the last time you wrote something? I am not talking about writing stories, poems, assignments or whitepapers. I am not talking about the content of writing at all. I am talking about the actual act of holding a pen or pencil between your fingertips and carving alphabets and words on the paper for whatever purpose. And excuse me,…
An eye-opener moment! We all get that once in a while, don’t we? Someone out of the blue for no specific reason suddenly gives us clarity. Something out of nowhere helps put our perceptions back in place. Somewhere deep within, our memories are stirred, memories about moments, memories about people and memories that matter. We wake up from life with…