In a world driven by algorithms, visibility often masquerades as authenticity. This thought-provoking piece explores the growing divide between becoming a “muse” – memorable, magnetic and genuine, and becoming “content” -constantly visible, curated and consumable. As social media reshapes identity, it asks whether we are truly living or simply performing.
The pandemic left many students emotionally exhausted, isolated and overwhelmed. In this personal reflection, Sonali Swain shares how reading, writing and drawing helped her rediscover herself amid uncertainty. Through small acts of creativity and self-expression, she found healing, purpose and a renewed sense of identity during lockdown.
A heartfelt narrative exploring the invisible emotional negotiations women make while balancing caregiving, profession, and personal identity. Set against the intimate realities of motherhood and medical practice, the story reflects on responsibility, compassion, and the difficult choices that arise when duty and emotion collide unexpectedly.
A deeply reflective letter to mothers, reminding them not to lose themselves entirely in caregiving. Through concepts like Hygge, Lagom, Fika, and Sisu, it encourages self-care, balance, resilience, and reclaiming individuality. Motherhood is celebrated as beautiful, but not the sole identity a woman should live for.
A daughter reflects on her deeply intertwined life with her mother, her strength, sacrifices, evolving beliefs, and unwavering support through illness, divorce, and loss. From caregiver to dependent and back again, their bond remains unbroken, an enduring source of healing, resilience, and love that sustains them through life’s hardest storms.
This poem portrays a mother as a silent, enduring force who absorbs pain and hardship to protect her child. Despite her own wounds, she remains strong, loving, and constant. The speaker expresses deep gratitude for her mother’s sacrifice, seeing her as a shelter, healer, and the foundation of her strength and dreams.
A mother of a special child lives a quiet, relentless resilience. Through exhaustion, doubt, and unseen struggles, she continues to show up every single day. This Mother’s Day, we honour not perfection, but her courage to stay, to try, and to never give up, even when it’s hardest.
Growing up on Lata Mangeshkar’s gentle love, I learnt devotion and restraint. But Asha Bhosle awakened a different truth – love could be bold, playful, sensuous, and self-assured. Her voice permitted me to feel deeply, desire freely, and embrace a fuller, more unapologetic version of womanhood and love.
A candid late-life reflection follows a fiercely independent woman confronting her long-standing need for approval, revealing how unexpected reactions to personal success reshaped her boundaries, expectations, and relationship with her own joy.
A reflective narrative explores subtle workplace inequality through everyday assumptions, revealing how polite questions and quiet expectations shape women’s careers, choices, and opportunities in ways that often go unnoticed.
