We are in 2022 and it is time that teachers and educators facilitate a gender-friendly classroom process. Recently, I delved into an intriguing study by a group of researchers, and the findings only affirmed one of the discoveries of my doctoral research on the normative social structures of gender. It…

The pandemic has caused an insurmountable amount of grief, loss and devastation — primarily; the past few months have been harrowing for people I consider extremely close. I have been worried about them, my family and everyone I dearly love. Indeed, Love is such a thing! It comes with its…

Lets Talk About You and Me Okay! So lets do the taboo talk today. Lets talk about Sex. Wait. If I had just said all this in a room full of people, I would certainly be tagged a pervert. I can also visualize the silence that would eventually follow with a few being ashamed, or horror struck and…

Today, was an ordinary day in my very ordinary life! The सब्जी वाला talked me into buying that extra fresh कटहल he got today & later to my shock sneaked in a bunch or two of spinach too. Micey went a little extra & almost convinced me into wearing her…

I can hear Ron memorising the mental maths tables from another room. Romaisa is moulding the playdough into Phyll, the baby flamingo who doesn’t want to eat the same food every day. As I sit here focusing on the pitter patter of the falling raindrops I am thinking about how…

“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘮? 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯!” My seven year old said to me after we finished a painting. Faintly playing in the background was 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 by The Rosebuds perfectly in tune with the pitter…

Breastfeeding: An Emotional Journey I vividly remember, we were running in the second year with our first born and meal times had become very stressful for me. I had just stopped feeding him. Yes, I did feed him for two years as crazy as it may sound. …

Disconnect to Connect Each one of us have some fond memories from our growing up years. I still remember waking up each morning to the soothing sound of Azaan, that would come from the mosque in our neighbourhood. Even today, hearing it anywhere fills me up with nostalgia, and a deep longing…

The Bridal Look Drama Well, who knew ten years later I will write about this! I was married at the age of twenty one (did anyone mention structures?). I was just out of college and all I had heard was a name “Sabyasachi’. I did not know what he looked like, and what he…