Rebellious SelfCare
When I was done obsessing over anonymous comedians and eyewear, I became an expert in skincare, overnight. I know the difference between pustules and acne. I know …
Holding Ourselves
Some people know what you looked like in school, they know you take your coffee black, no sugar thanks. They had the front-row seats to your heartbreaks, …
A tiny revolution: The Ally talk
Last week I told papa mummy to be better allies to me. Documenting my soliloquy here. Papa, I am not okay. Home feels toxic. I know we …
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
I write this post to make a whole country’s potential loss of Freedom Of Speech about myself. I don’t think Instagram is going anywhere (and it scares …
Not a bag, but a kite be
I was recently let down by an ally. I didn’t want to be dramatic about it but it shook my abandonment issues and trauma like a pebble …
On deciding to get married, as a woman
Marriage sounds wonderful; the companionship, a person to watch Indian Matchmaking and feel bad for other people with, a person who is your in-group to judge, bully …
2020
I am a serial list maker. I have 3 synchronous ‘to-do’ lists: ‘Do Today’, ‘Get done soon’, and the more liberal ‘Long Term To-Do’ I have been …
Rapunzel
I found a note I wrote to myself at the start of the year. It says “when you grow out your hair, remember to wear flowers in …
Diwalis are dissonant.
Diyas and lanterns are the stuff of my soul. I am also grateful for family and friends coming together with the soul aim of making merry and …
An Atheist at Ganesh Chaturthi
I was raised as an atheist by atheist parents who participated in/held poojas as a cultural phenomenon. We did the whole picking a Ganpati, hosting it, saying …