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Double Or Quits Is An Interesting Metro Read That You Can Pick Up For A Rainy...
Double or Quits by Shilpa Gupta is a pageturner that brings you a strong woman protagonist who refuses to stay down despite circumstances. I had read Shilpa Gupta’s debut book, Ananya: a bittersweet...
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12 Scrumptious Chocolate Themed Books By Women Authors To Binge On Today, For...
Today, 7th July, is World Chocolate Day. What would be more perfect than checking out a list of delectable books on chocolate, and adding them to your to-be-read list? Chocolate. The food of the gods,...
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Why I Am Thankful Today For The Kindness Of Strangers
No matter how bad we think the world is, people are intrinsically good, and do help in times of need, as this personal account of the kindness of strangers proves. “Yet I keep my ideals, because in...
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A Right To Her Own Self
#Poetry. A woman often has no right to her own self, simply because she is born a woman. When will this change? When will she be able to own her self and her life? She is born a woman. When will her...
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Need Some ‘Non-Cheesy’ Quotes About Love For Valentine’s Day? Here Are 17...
Valentine’s Day has been thoroughly ‘hallmarked’ and makes for extremely cheesy quotes on love, unlike these quotes about love from books. Friedrich Nietzsche “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of...
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A Heartfelt Tribute: 9 Must Watch Sridevi Movies In Hindi That Are My...
A personal list of Sridevi movies that I have loved. My heartfelt tribute to this excellent woman actor and strong woman. May you rest in peace, Sridevi! “Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died...
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13 Life Affirming, Positive LGBTQ Quotes That You MUST Read
Non-heterosexual people are human beings just like you and I, and have a right to be themselves. Here are 13 positive LGBTQ quotes that could be a first step towards light. Most of what we know or...
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When The Geet Ramayan Touched My Soul Despite My Reservations About The Epic
I have had a love-hate relationship with the story of Ram and Sita all my life. Despite that, a live performance of the Geet Ramayan touched my soul. The Ramayan, in my opinion (an opinion based on a...
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Here Are Some Amazing Women Innovators In India Whom You Could Follow
These women innovators have made a mark in their chosen fields, making a difference with their work. Do find out more about them here. Women at work are making their mark in India, even if slowly, but...
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15 Inspiring Girl Power Quotes From Your Favourite Authors, Characters, And...
Searching for some girl power quotes? Look no further! Here are some girl power quotes by your favourite authors and characters. My daughter loves to read, and when she comes across any girl power...
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The Girl In The Broken Mirror Is A Hard Look Into The Mind Of A Rape Survivor...
The Girl In The Broken Mirror by Savita Kalhan is a book I’d recommend to anyone over 16, a book that shines a light on the rape culture that dehumanises a rape survivor. “The sunlight blazed obscenely...
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Marriage Shouldn’t Be Just Legal Sex, Stability, & Kids. We Need A Witness To...
Why should people marry? Is it just the things we’re told by elders that have to do with the mundane? What about love and companionship? Do we always get it? In a movie I love and have seen many times,...
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9 Indian Women Authors Recommend Their Best Read In 2018 – How Many have You...
Wouldn’t you like to know what your favourite women authors have read recently? 9 of these authors recommend their best read in 2018. Andaleeb Wajid Andaleeb’s books have the fragrance of wonderful...
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The 2018 Alternative Nobel For Literature Will Shortlist An Equal Number Of...
The Nobel for Literature for 2018 had been cancelled earlier this year, because the Swedish Academy had been dismantled following sex scandals due to the #MeToo movement. So for those who are not quite...
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10 Brilliant JK Rowling Quotes That Are NOT From The Harry Potter Books
31st July, is a double birthday for Potterheads – Harry Potter “born as the seventh month dies” and the creator of the books, JK Rowling. Here are 10 Rowling quotes not from the HP books. The Harry...
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You’ve Seen Violence Against Women In Partition Movies, But Reality Was Much...
Urvashi Butalia speaks to real women survivors in The Other Side Of Silence, the biggest casualties of the Partition, suffering in war zones that see men come out at their worst. Urvashi Butalia, the...
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13 New Books By Indian Women Authors Coming In September 2018 For Your TBR List
A handy roundup of interesting new books for September 2018 by Indian women authors, that can be added to your to-be-read list. From this month, we will be bringing you a roundup of interesting new...
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What Happens To Little Boys As They Grow Up, That Makes Them Feel Entitled To...
We have a responsibility towards our kids, to give them the right values that enable them to respect any human being, of any gender. How are we going so wrong that 17-18 year olds feel entitled to...
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If Schools Discriminate Against Trans And Queer Persons, What Are Our...
A school in Bangalore discriminated against a genderqueer writer who was to be a speaker at a children’s literature fest. What went wrong, and how can we change our attitudes towards the LGBT+...
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20 Handpicked New Books By Indian Women Authors To Look Forward To In October...
A handy roundup of interesting new books in October 2018 by Indian women authors (and a couple by non-Indian authors that we think are a must-read), that can be added to your to-be-read list. We bring...
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