Flowing Thoughts

It all starts with a Sports Bra. When a girl hits the 12-year mark and her smooth chest decides it’s time to get some attention. And so begins the painful, exciting and somewhat fascinating journey of boobies...

A decade ago, I remember watching Chak De! India and distinctly recollect the discourse it started. The prejudices and apathy that Indian women in sports faced, were brought...

In July last year, I went to rural Haryana as part of fieldwork on primary education for children. During the survey, as a part of trust building we would tell the respondents about us...

The inclination to grow up tracks the path of a parabola curve. As young children the idea of adulthood is seen as one full of possibilities. It is a time when we are overwhelmed with this confidence...

I beat her to the security gate. This tall, well-built woman travelling with a teenager. Dressed in a simple cotton salwar kameez, she walked behind me with an authoritative...

What to wear, how to wear it, how to stand, walk talk, wear make-up, not wear it, be “fair, wheatish, dark”, virgin or not, everyday women’s bodies are catalogued, categorized...

While activists worry about Walls being built, women have been dealing with shedding walls since times immemorial. And as if having blood gushing...

If there was one typical punch line that Periods could throw in the face of every woman that exists in the world, it would be....

When I use the word ‘fearless’, I do not imply it as the absolute absence of fear, its literal meaning. I rather think of it as the ability....