Did you look for rainbows today
I caught them shivering under heavy quilts,
Even when
Between their shoulders rests a heart that works double time
Once to live twice to heal
Survival is a contact sport when you’re fighting for your identity, you see Continue reading Pride
Computers, although complicated in their own way, do not even come close to the level of connections and confusing complications of the neurons and synapses in the human brain. So what makes you think that humans can have the same binary in any aspect of our lives, let alone something as complicated and fluid, and even ABSTRACT, as gender? Continue reading Binary
To all those people who think one day of silence is going to change anything,
It isn’t. Continue reading Stolen Breaths
Dear Alana, I know what had happened. I know you hadn’t eaten. You set the plate down on the counter. You weren’t hungry anymore, the pangs you felt in your stomach faded away and you were finally feeling like you could walk without collapsing. The red sauce and pasta strewn across the plate were cold and unpalatable, you would have to simply force yourself to eat the meal … Continue reading Dear Alana
I come back home all weary one day, So weary that my legs gave way, Then on the ground, I look down and say, “Did I really fail today?” I pondered and wondered on this uncanny question, This had never happened to me on such an occasion, I was filled with so much devastation, That I forgot to realise this was just an exception, It’s … Continue reading Failure
You don’t yell at me when I forget to take the dog on her walk// you forget to leave a love note for me on the fridge// you forget my favourite sweater of yours at work// but you drop the key under the mat when you leave. Continue reading I Watched You Fall Out Of Love With Me…
If the result of a temple visit is disrespect to the deity, whose home it is, then it can be attributed to blasphemy, which is punishable by the Indian constitution. Therein lies the ‘crime’ of a female “devotee”, capable of menstruation, entering the temple- a disregard for the comfort of its deity.
And moreover, why worship a deity whose rules you refuse to follow in the first place? Continue reading Sabarimala Temple
