On the eve of her child marriage, young Pakhi shares a tender kitchen moment with her widowed grandmother. Amid societal cruelty, love, longing, and survival lessons unfold through cooking. A forbidden fish head added to vegetables becomes an act of rebellion, awakening suppressed desires and silent tears.
This essay explores modern love anxiety shaped by WhatsApp blue ticks. Unlike the patient waits of love letters, today’s silence triggers insecurity, self-doubt, and overthinking—especially for women seeking reassurance. It urges readers to stop chasing replies, value consistency, and choose self-respect and peace over digital uncertainty.
A personal reflection on everyday misogyny, consent, and misplaced progressiveness—revisiting a conversation that revealed how deeply patriarchy survives beneath the mask of modern thinking.
A powerful reflection on married women reclaiming strength, identity, and sisterhood—where the gym becomes a sanctuary for healing, confidence, and choosing oneself without guilt.
A reflective personal essay on healing, resilience, and self-reinvention—tracing how loss, mental health, and choice reshape identity, purpose, and the courage to live life on one’s own terms.
A counselor reflects on her own struggles while answering a friend’s mental-wellness prompt. She shares 10 practical, universal tips she’d give a client—accepting unpredictability, choosing possible over perfect, scheduling emotions, building routines, avoiding comparison, and honoring individual paths. A humane reminder that even psychologists wobble, but still rise.
Beneath the roar of Mumbai’s traffic, under the shadow of a flyover, a woman stitches her life together with kohl, cream, and small acts of love. In the dust and diesel, she finds her own stubborn patch of sunrise.
The article challenges the outdated belief that women undermine one another, highlighting instead everyday examples of loyalty, empathy, and solidarity—from sports icons uplifting peers to beauty contestants walking out in protest. Across friendships, families, and digital spaces, women are choosing collaboration over competition, redefining sisterhood as strength, support, and shared empowerment.
The Chottanikkara Temple in Kerala, home to the powerful and compassionate Chottanikkara Amma, is renowned for healing mental trauma and warding off evil. Encompassing Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Durga, the Goddess offers daily solace to devotees. Sacred rituals like Guruthy Pooja reflect her fierce protection, mysterious power, and maternal love.
Through a teacher’s lens, Three Idiots glamorizes rebellion, mocks educators, and glorifies suicide while unfairly blaming parents and teachers. Rancho, hailed as a hero, is portrayed as toxic and manipulative, misleading friends and ridiculing authority. The movie’s influence on students raises concerns about discipline, respect, and the dangers of misplaced hero worship.
