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Ritwika Roy Mutsuddi is an avid blogger who finds that writing is really her way of expressing herself. She shares here her thoughts on writing and especially, writing on women's issues.
Ritwika Roy Mutsuddi is an avid blogger who finds that writing is really her way of expressing herself. She shares here her thoughts on writing and especially, writing on women’s issues.
Finding inspiration in her kids and writing about life as a parent, she is also a strong advocate for women’s rights – starting from women’s place in the family. Ritwika is one of our three featured authors, for June 2017. You can find Ritwika’s writing at Women’s Web here.
Authors are often asked this question, but everyone has their own reasons, very personal to them. So, why do you write?
I am basically an introverted person who doesn’t express much with spoken words but can express a lot better when I write. I write to share my experiences and thoughts.
When and how did you first begin writing?
I used to write as a child but later due to studies and then marriage and motherhood, writing had taken a backseat. I had started sharing my parenting experiences on various platforms and also in my blogs and that’s how my writing journey began again!
Do you have a muse?
I mostly write about parenting, so you can guess my muse! I also love writing about women’s issues and various relationships.
Where do you get your ideas from?
My kids are my biggest inspiration for writing. Apart from that daily incidents around me or in the world. Relationships between different people inspire me. I love reading other authors’ blogs mostly; I am not an avid book reader.
When it comes to writing on/for/about women, what questions and issues drive you the most?
Gender inequality, gender bias, women not getting equal opportunities despite having all the talent and working hard, women still treated as ‘paraya dhan’ by parents and as outsiders by in-laws, the girl child not being welcomed happily; I can go on and on…
Anything you’d like to tell others who would want to write?
I would simply say – don’t think much, just write from the heart. Write in simple words which people can relate to.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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