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From the time we are little, we are told how to talk. How to run how to stoop, how to trot how to walk, When we resist, we are told to stop and not swirl. Oh, is it what it means to be a girl?
From the time we are little, we are told how to talk, How to run how to stoop, how to trot how to walk, When we resist, we are told to stop and not swirl, Oh, is it what it means to be a girl?
Everywhere I go, I tend to feel exposed, Worst! Even my family judges me the most, “What is she wearing?” “It’s too much,” “It is too less”, It’s a lot of being my gender, Dear god please bless…
Periods are a taboo and no one makes it easy, It’s nothing like the ads, which shows it so breezy, cramps, cravings and stains are a lot, The women not experiencing these are God’s favourites, are they not?
Talking to boys is nothing less than nightmares, The feminism movements gave us nothing but more stares, Metoo or Youtoo, the movement failed us all, Most culprits walked free, and the cases did nothing but stall…
This is the least of the issues, the matter is more grave, Infanticide and foeticide and dowry makes us slaves, Is it okay to rape or kill because of male hormones? If that’s the case, let’s test the female ones and let bygones be bygones…
The world is so difficult, but slowly I see a change, Women are slowly evolving, working and growing in range, My friend is a doctor and hers an engineer, Their friend is unmarried at 33 and another is a queer…
The change is slow, but it is here to stay, Let’s make it definite and throw our fears away, Next time when someone tells you how to swirl, Show them how to do it because I AM A GIRL
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The plight of Indian women's mental health often goes unnoticed. Co-founders Vivek Satya Mitram and Pooja Priyamvada conceived the idea of the Bharat Dialogues Women & Mental Health Summit to address this.
Trigger Warning: This contains descriptions of mental health trauma and suicide, and may be triggering for survivors.
Author’s note: The language and phraseology used are not the author’s words but the terms and narrative popularly used for people living with mental illnesses, and may feel non-inclusive. It is merely for putting our point across better.
I have seen how horrifying was the treatment given to those with mental illness.
14 years after her last feature film Dhobi Ghat, storyteller extraordinaire comes up with her new film, Laapataa Ladies, a must watch.
*Some spoilers alert*
Every religion around the world dictates terms to women. The onus is always on women to be ‘modest’ and cover their faces and bodies so men can’t be “tempted”, rather than on men to keep their eyes where they belong and behave like civilized beings. So much so that even rape has been excused on the grounds of women eating chowmein or ‘men will be men’. I think the best Hindi movie retort to this unwanted advice on ‘akeli ladki khuli tijori ki tarah hoti hai’ (an alone woman is like an open jewellery box) came from Geet in Jab We Met – Kya aap gyan dene ke paise lete hain kyonki chillar nahin hain mere paas.
The premise of Laapataa Ladies is beautifully simple – two brides clad in the ghunghat that covers their identity get mixed up on a train. Within this Russian Doll, you get a comedy of errors, a story of getting lost, a commentary on patriarchy’s attitude towards women, a mystery, and a tale of finding oneself, all in one. Done with a mostly light touch that has you laughing and nodding along.
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