DyutiLove in the Time of Intimate Partner ViolenceOut of all the times I have been asked what love means to me, I particularly remember one time. I was freshly out of a relationship that…8 min read·Feb 13, 2020----
DyutiHirak Rajar Deshe: Ray’s Dystopia We Are Living InI was probably three when I first watched Hirak Rajar Deshe (In the Land of the Diamond King), a great but less discussed children’s film…7 min read·Jan 15, 2020----
DyutiKehna Hi Kya: How the Music I Once Associated with Love Turned into a Trigger for My TraumaI heard AR Rahman’s voice on the radio while I was stuck in New Delhi’s traffic, and suddenly, I gasped for breath. “Dil Se”, a song that…5 min read·Nov 11, 2019----
DyutiWhy Men Who Hate Feminists Love Kabir SinghI watched Arjun Reddy the year it came on Amazon Prime. The film was outrightly filled with machismo but the unfamiliarity of the language…6 min read·Jul 11, 2019----
DyutiTumhe Yaad Ho Ke Na Yaad Ho“You always top history, how do you even remember so many dates?”5 min read·Feb 18, 2019----
DyutiHow I failed at killing myself among other thingsI wrote an obituary everytime I tried to kill myself, right before I picked up the blade, or the strip of pills, or checked if the fan is…2 min read·Dec 5, 2018----
DyutiThe Shadow of My FatherThe shadow of my father frightens me the most. Shadow of my father in the men I love. Shadow of my father, the man I have an odd…2 min read·Feb 8, 2018----
DyutiLovesong for A ManYour arms, Like earth, lined by the crisscross of your arteries and veins, The color of the moss, grown in the cracks of the insides of an…1 min read·Feb 19, 2017----
DyutiDear Abusers, Stop Using Mental Illness as a Weapon to Abuse Ones Around YouI was in the second year of my graduation, and had just been dumped after a two years long relationship with a childhood friend. I was sad…9 min read·Feb 15, 2017--1--1