Culture & Womanhood

  • The Most Wonderful, Slightly Exhausting Time of the Year

    The Most Wonderful, Slightly Exhausting Time of the Year

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    From Ganesh Chaturthi to New Year, the festive season is full of modaks, beautiful sarees, mithai, parties and people we love. But behind all that festive cheer, there’s also a little loneliness, a lot of invisible labour and the question of who we’re really celebrating for.

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  • The Unexpected Freedom Of Caring Less

    The Unexpected Freedom Of Caring Less

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    For years, I thought I needed to be friends with everyone. I’d volunteer to bring the birthday cake for people I barely knew and somehow believed being the life of the party was part of my personality. Turns out, I’m an ambivert—and growing older gave me permission to stop pretending…

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