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Oh, mirror, mirror, on the wall; Does it matter who’s the fairest of them all?

Oh, mirror, mirror, on the wall; Does it matter who’s the fairest of them all?

Once, someone had told me, “You look so much like your grandmother.”  I didn’t pay heed because I was used to hearing that all the time. It was like how everyone would look at Harry Potter and sigh, wistfully, “Oh, you have your mother’s eyes!”  Be it my eyes or my cheekbones or the shape…

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Give me some space

I was 17 when I started living alone. I was in Bangalore for the last three years, and now, I am in Chennai. And I am a self-declared pro at finding and living in real estate. Well, the budget real estate. The cheap and the decent. The manageable places. The adjustable neighborhoods. The struggle to…

Mr. India needs to start talking about invisible disability

Mr. India needs to start talking about invisible disability

Look at my pictures, meet me, and if I say I have a disability, you wouldn’t believe me. Sometimes I won’t reciprocate to your smile with a smile, and you might be quick to label me as snooty without knowing that I can’t often smile because I have myofascial pain. Some days my brain fog…

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“Miles to go before I sleep” – a tribute to Robert Frost’s poem

This very morning I heard a feeble voice inside whispering, “And miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep..” Yes, the guess was right. Those lines are from the very famous American poet, Robert Lee Frost’s most celebrated poem – Stopping by woods on a snowy evening. Robert Frost was born on…

Disha

Hyderabad veterinary doctor Disha’s last call: English Translation

A government veterinary doctor was brutally murdered on the outskirts of Shamshabad, near Hyderabad, who went missing on the night of Wednesday, 27th Nov 2019. The voice call is available here on popular media. The victim, Disha, made a call to her sister explaining her situation moments before she was trapped by four lorry drivers/cleaners,…

How I got comfortable with my breasts

How I got comfortable with my breasts

The difference between “chest” and “breasts” is called shame.  Most people, including myself, have been conditioned to call breasts chest. And by doing so, for the past how many ever years, I have denied even their existence. I would stop myself from saying that word and use “chest,” because it is more socially appropriate so…

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The Indian Constitution and its Day

On the 26th of November 1949, India gave itself a philosophy through which it envisioned an all-round development of each of its citizens. Today, when we see the intellectual climate of the country, with increasing activism of justice-freaks and vigilance of good governance-advocates, we find that the Constitution is gaining more cards of itself. It…