Mar 9Openness — A theme unclearOpenness is a theme unclear, Maybe it is a word like treaty that one always signs up for. Maybe it is what we must ensure becomes part of us sooner or later. To retreat from man-made rifts as a civilization that stands up for righteousness, as a civilization that helps…International Womens Day3 min read
Nov 29, 2018Are Indian Mothers Happy?If an Indian mother were to be asked about how happy she thinks mothers are, she may not give a straight answer. Because even as societal pressure demands that a mother be happy and rejoice in every aspect of motherhood, the social and material realities for women in India are…Pregnancy5 min read
Oct 16, 2018Beating the heat and patriarchy, women in Odisha’s Kalahandi set an example for other better-off districtsSimone de Beauvoir beautifully created the genesis of the view of gender — that sex is a biological identity, gender is a social construct — when she had written her famous statement: “One is not born but rather becomes a woman…..it is civilisation as a whole that produces this creature.” …India8 min read
Nov 6, 2017In Photos: The Dabbas Of Substance — A Field Food DiaryPosted by Sneha Rout We scroll media handles, flip newspapers to sneak-peek glamorized food avatars of what our famous celebrities eat — chappati count, protein portions, oil profiles, perfect water checks to sincerely-hyped exercise regimes from pilates to power yoga and emulate them in various capacities. …Food6 min read
Oct 12, 2017Breaking Plutonian FallacyRemember the time and energy we spent on learning– how many planets in the universe, with rings-without life, smallest to hottest to farthest? One day just like that Pluto was out of the planet community. Scientific discoveries are argued, researched and then accepted without bending of facts or figures but…Women9 min read
Jul 10, 2017Food in times of politicsBirbal Tudu came with severe head injury and narrated experiences from his forest trip near Sarenga, Bengal. He belongs to the Santhal tribe and there is an event that unites men of this community once every year. They gather with weapons mainly bow and arrows, knives and sickles, take bath…India9 min read
Mar 21, 2017Immortalizing The BroomA non-human aptitude check on Indian governance- retrospective analogies are drawn in to savour a colourful political jest….. Murky Nostalgia: Thinking of humanity, I am one of many objects that humans pay for my service to their kind. Not all can boast of having bent god’s most intelligent creatures to…India9 min read
Jan 15, 2017The Great Indian Food ParadoxNutrition was a top-priority for us not so long ago, simply because it meant survival. What went wrong then that today we struggle with under-nutrition as much as obesity — globally, and acutely? Exploring food as the social marker that paints itself in different hues amidst the vast cultural diversity…Nutrition12 min read
