The I Column
Desiring motherhood meant veering into a more ‘girly’ territory, a notion that I had simultaneously been fighting and trying to embrace since childhood. I had understood that to be a feminist I had to be independent, be wary of men, dislike families and relationships.
On a larger scale, my non-normative sexuality is confined to tiny spaces, influenced by fear of impending violence, rejection and revulsion, even when one is privileged enough to live in a metropolitan city.
I started learning Bharatanatyam in 1988, when I was six years old. Looking back, it feels like beginning to learn…
Were there more people like my father? Was it legal? I read about sexual diversity and how people of all sexual orientations should have the same rights[1], the LGBT community, and so on, and what the law says about them. Though the picture is not a completely happy one, a lot of work is going on in this area and there is still hope for the future.
When I was 16, I thought: ‘Some topics in physics have no benefit for students throughout their life. For instance,…
When I was 16, I thought: ‘Some topics in physics have no benefit for students throughout their life. For instance,…
Dear Dad, There are times when I find writing a largely unproductive and tiresome exercise. For much of what is…