Women are often subjected to a timeline about how each year of their life should pan out. A checklist. And with each phase of the timeline comes a voice. Is there an ideal timeline for a woman’s life?
Inclusion in Beauty Contests like Miss India
According to the Oxford Dictionary, Beauty [/ˈbjuːti/] is a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Not only the entire idea of judging women on the basis of their appearance preposterous, but it is also demeaning, and creates a big dent on a […]
The Story of a Legend – Madame Marie Curie
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. – Madame Marie Curie The first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, and then again. The only person to receive the Nobel prize in two different scientific fields. This Polish-French physicist and chemist was not just exceptionally ahead of her times in academics, […]
Menstrual Leaves: Yes or No?
As the name suggests, menstrual leave is leave granted to a woman during her period and can be either paid or unpaid, depending on the company’s policies. The reason being that according to a study 20% of the 40% of the working female population experience a condition called dysmenorrhea that causes tremendous pain […]
Not like Other Girls – Breaking Down The Sentence that Breaks Womanhood
I watched a video recently titled ‘I’m not like other girls’ by Girlsfeed, Buzzfeed India’s panel discussing mainstream issues of toxic masculinity, online dating and other everyday concerns a modern Indian woman faces. This particular video ran me through a series of emotions, ranging from guilt to anger to determination. Maybe it stung because […]
The Right to say No: Pro Life vs. Pro Choice
‘We’re always going to argue about abortion. It’s a hard choice and it’s controversial, and that’s why I’m pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.’ – Hillary Clinton With the Trump administration’s new attempt to implement laws that ban abortions, the battle has picked up pace like never before. […]
Do we have Something to be Proud About?
For those who are completely detached from social media or living under a rock, June is LGBT Pride Month, which began as a commemoration to the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969. This is why Pride events, most popularly Pride Parades are held all through June. Despite the joint efforts of a large population […]
Prepare for Your Daughter’s First Period
It’s not every day that your daughter gets her first period. When I think about my period, well it’s a funny story. I was staining underwear after underwear and couldn’t understand what was going on and why each one of them was turning brown. By that point in my life, I already knew about menstruation […]
People Tell Us the Most Important Lesson They Learned From Their Mothers
I think my mom needs to write a manual on life – how to’s and how not to’s, to-do’s and not to-do’s. I would keep three copies, one for my bedside table, one for my bag and one in case of emergencies. It seems like she has the answer to all problems. So here are […]
The Story of a Legend: Rosa Parks
Even if you haven’t heard of Rosa Parks (shame!), chances are you’ve heard of the Civil Rights Movement. The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. Rosa was […]