From Surabhi’s Notepad – A column that brings us personal essays and stories, frivolous and serious, inspired by real-life events and encounters of navigating the world as a young, Indian woman living outside India. Beyonce does not need an introduction....
Lately, there have been many reports about women choosing not to have kids all over the world. Despite the changing times, unfortunately, bearing a child still seems the very definition of womanhood in many sad parts of the world where a woman is deemed “complete”...
In light of the World Menstrual Health and Hygiene Day observed recently (28th May), I won’t pad how I feel about the stigma and taboo around periods. We all came into this world from the same place – the uterus. A concept that apparently requires...
COVID-19 is teaching us some tough lessons; I hope we learn. The world has been fighting the novel coronavirus for almost three months now. At the time of writing, according to the World Health Organization’s 90th Situation Report, there are more than 2,241,359...
Ageism is the new sexism that women start facing as early as 30 When I decided to write this article, I swear the inspiration came from an honest place. I turned 30 a couple of months ago and I have had a series of epiphanies induced by the people around me and their...
