HeartFelt

I am yet to see a working female friend, colleague or family member truly experiencing her maternity benefits without facing any grudge, resentment, discrimination and harassment from her supervisors, peers...

This is the season of honouring and invoking the power, divinity and grace of the Goddesses – from Durga and Kali to Lakshmi. In most of our homes, it’s mostly...

Soon after the ghastly Nirbhaya gang rape and murder, several videos and articles documented the way boys and young men, especially from India’s hinterland, viewed women and their place in...

I remember an incident that took place in the streets of Bhubaneswar, close to my house. I was walking to my house from the post office when I saw a...

I am often asked by male friends, family members and colleagues if we consider men and women equal, why do we have reservations, special consideration, flexibility and ‘extra’ benefits for...

One of my earliest memories of the monsoons as a child is looking forward to School Rainy Days. We would wake up to overcast skies and a steady, yet non-threatening...

On a day that was supposed to infuse us with pride, achievement and joy as Indian citizens there were other appalling, shocking and unbelievable scenes unfolding in the Country -...

The Husband and I are facing a serious password crisis. Every time he logs in to his bank account for net banking he looks at me questioningly, “Do you remember...

It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you -- Rumi We all have people in our life we...

Mansplaining, Manspreading & Manels - I thought these terminologies are now a part of the common lexicon with at least conversations going around it. But I was rudely mistaken when...