Elisa Patnaik

Our mothers are always mothers first. Not an individual, or a woman with her own identity, thoughts, interests, dreams, travails and pain. Who were our mothers before they became our…

Besides the recurring suicide deaths that one comes cross in the news daily, it’s not unusual these days to hear of acquaintances, relatives and even close friends and family members…

It’s the year 2023. But the mindset about parents and families saving for the son’s education and the daughter’s wedding has not shifted. Budged a bit perhaps, but certainly not shifted…

Finally, one of the most blatant practices of gender discrimination through the use of archaic, derogatory, and patriarchal words and language has been taken into cognizance, and remedial…

Some of the most dangerous, depraved and damaging battles are fought not on the battlefields, but on women’s bodies. It doesn’t take much during conflicts and wars to turn women’s bodies…

I have always been intrigued by how encompassing the sense of ‘home’ is, and what it really means to people. I am always introspecting what it means to me, and how the sense of home changes…

A woman who is ambitious and striving is a Bitch A woman who is attractive is Hot A woman who is stylish is Sexy A woman who protests is Hysterical A woman who is striving to create an…

One of the earliest and enduring memories of my school days is the library period. Week after week, I used to wait in anticipation for the 30-minute period. The sheer potential of unread…

The most productive and relishing start to my day is pouring over the morning newspapers with a hot cup of tea. I love the feel of newspapers in my hands the first thing in the morning,…

Someone very wise had told me long ago, “You can either be a Feminist or a married Indian woman. You can’t be both!” I had laughed it off then as a young and idealistic woman on the verge of…