HeartFelt

It was a late December evening when my husband and I decided to go for a movie in the multiplex, next door to our house. As we were settling down...

I came across an article recently where a middle-aged woman in the UK struggling with low moods, insomnia, night sweats, brain fog and terrible anxiety shares how she ended up...

An idyllic, enjoyable, safe and cherished childhood spent amidst nature, friends and siblings is a blessing. And for those of us who have had the good fortune of spending our...

A few years back, I was attending a gender sensitisation workshop in Bhubaneswar being organised for field-level implementors of women and child development programmes. While explaining established gender norms, one...

Since the last few years or so, I have been intending to set a goal. Not a public challenge or a dare but a deeply personal aspiration – To read...

It was the quarterly Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) of Class I students in one of the leading schools of Bhubaneswar. But the atmosphere was no less sombre and officious than that...

Unlike men, we women can’t do it anywhere and everywhere. We need to squat, bend, sit, manage our clothes while attending  nature’s call. We have to consider our monthly periods....

It was a hot and humid May afternoon and I had accompanied my colleagues for a video shoot in a village close to Bhubaneswar. We were interviewing a family in...