Tag: expectation

The Silent Cry

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….I cannot fathom what drove a young boy, with a bright future, to such despair that he felt that ending his own life was the only escape route from being bullied. …

Do we talk about bullying enough? Read my new feature here in The Asian Today featuring the BBC Radio London discussion on this topic.

Draupadi Disrobed

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“Is forcing more constraints on what a woman may wear or not wear making her daily life any easier??”

Read my new feature Draupadi Disrobed for The Asian Today here.

Originally published here.

My Big Fat Indian Non Wedding

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”..Whilst weddings are assumed to be the most appropriate place to ask inappropriate questions, trust me when I say that sarcasm is a tried and tested method, which will fail miserably.”

Read my do’s and don’ts for the Indian Wedding Season in The Asian Today here

Also featured in USA’s Brown Girl Magazine 

Originally published here

L is for me..

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…”I love you. Everyone wants to hear those three words don’t they? But why is it so easy to forget the I in I love you?…”

Read the full article in the Asian Today on what should really matter this Valentine’s Day here

Originally published here

Let me eat my cake!

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“…Birthdays, for me personally, have a weird way of elevating different emotions. Where there is the excitement and buzz of celebration and merriment, the silent reminder of the not-so-slow ageing process can just as equally dampen that joy...”

Read the full article on the perils of hitting 30+ in the award winning The Asian Today – Let me eat my cake

Originally published here

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

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“..Born into a culture that prides itself on unity and togetherness, what has created this thread of apprehension and shame that pulls her away from reaching for that hand to seek comfort in.”

Read the full blog here in USA’s Brown Girl Magazine here

Originally published here

The Age of Her

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.”..as Asian women, at which point does our age become the barrier against individualism?..” 

Tackling the age stereotypes, read the latest feature, The Age of Her, in The Asian Today.

Originally published here

 

 

Hey Bhagwan! It’s Mother’s Day!

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“….Where the male characters of Mahabharat may be remembered for fighting battles, it is the women who often took control and decisions to drive events within their favour…”  What role do women in mythology play in our lives?

Article now featured in The Asian Today..

Originally published here.

Shh!! Keep it clean, we’re desis..!

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“.Sexual innuendos and suggestive lyrics in many of today’s Indian film songs may be a growing trend, however there is still an air of discomfort in British Asian families around the dreaded “S” word, as the struggle to downstream morals and maintain an open parent-child relationship continues even today…” Are British Asians talking about relationships openly? Read the full article in Asiana here

Originally published here