Have I raised my daughters to be feminists? An honest midlife self-appraisal. Impressed by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk “We should all be feminists,” I picked up the tiny purple book with the intriguing title, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen...
You might think it’s strange, but I chose having an arranged marriage in the midst of an era with dating apps like Tinder. And I love my husband. Generally people find it hard to reconcile these two things. When I turned 24, my parents decided that it was time...
The mantra of many Indians who left their homeland, for the longest time was – I will return to India in 5 years. The magic number 5 was almost unanimously agreed upon by many NRIs who moved to any part of the 5 of the 7 continents. Probably because only 5 were...
Mythology stems from the societal characteristics, the shared aspirations, the folklores, of a time lost in antiquity. While the stories are from an era long gone, the emotions, the fears, the desires, remain the same; who is an ideal man, who is the epitome of...
It was a Valentines weekend but it was not jolly! My world was hurtling down a steep cliff, only it was worse than my hormone drenched teenage-ish mind imagined. My gut was in overdrive, signaling danger, and my cerebral cortex was out of orbit. I have always been a...
Was Trump Right on the China Trade War and the Subsequent Deal? No! By Mani Subramani The trade deal with China is definitely a step in the right direction for the Trump administration. But only after taking several steps backwards! Like a broken clock Donald Trump...
