A wonderful poem about a person standing tall & proudly claiming their identity...
A wonderful poem about a person standing tall & proudly claiming their identity…
Call me names, third, a different gender. Yet, I cannot hide in a tangled net…
As it has dawned, I am my defender!
I chose me, never at all to regret Because it would be me, to live my life Declared as fate’s trick, never do I fret Ignoring voices that cut like a knife
Though shunned by the cruel society I chose me, never at all to regret By freeing my soul from anxiety And severing ties that pose as a threat
I abandon my mask, my path all set It’s time to reveal my identity I chose me, never at all to regret My future awaits, in serenity
Call me names, third, a different gender Yet, I cannot hide in a tangled net As it has dawned, I am my defender I chose me, never at all to regret
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Falling in love, marriage, a hidden secret, divorce. Despite all this, Vinita noticed her life was full of love that came in various unexpected shades!
“Aap jinke kareeb hotey hain, woh badey kush naseeb hotey hain…”
Just as Vinita was settling down into the cab seat, the driver put on music and the song started to play. It took her back immediately to that evening ten years ago, when Gautam had sung that very same song to her on the first evening they had met. She could remember every single detail of that evening so very clearly.
Neena Gupta shares her terrifying childhood experiences of being molested - like most assault survivors who often go to great measures to minimise these incidents by remaining silent, she was scared to tell her parents.
Neena Gupta shares her terrifying childhood experiences of being molested – like most assault survivors who often go to great measures to minimise these incidents by remaining silent, she was scared to tell her parents.
Trigger warning: This deals with child sexual abuse and may be triggering for survivors.
#NoRegrets...Like really? This author says that it is not possible to live without regrets. But accepting them brings about gratitude for the life you have made for yourself.
#NoRegrets…Like really? This author says that it is not possible to live without regrets. But accepting them brings about gratitude for the life you have made for yourself.
“I have regrets…So what? I love my regrets.”
He said 'real' freedom came with fitting in. I failed to notice that he only had an issue when women spoke about gender equality.
He said ‘real’ freedom came with fitting in. I failed to notice that he only had an issue when women spoke about gender equality.
‘I hate hearing people speak ill about you,’ was the one statement he’d tell me every time we spoke. Sugar-coated benevolent sexism? I wish I knew.