Me

I am a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist. Cultural Curator. Trainer and Coach. I focus on workplace inclusion of underrepresented communities in corporates. An independent publisher and help cultural spaces to be LGBTQIA+ inclusive. I currently live in Chennai and document the contemporary queer history of the…

Do you miss me?

“Have you ever thought how our lives would have turned out if we decided to stay together?”

No…no…I could not see myself living with someone who did not love me…

…but I did imagine this moment.

thousand voices in my head

Stupid, funny, parental, and mostly not bitchy. Have an ear to appreciate a good tongue [pun intended]. Judging is so last decade, even though Regina George will always be ever green! If you wanna talk I’m all ears, and just takes a hi! I’m looking for for friendship and fun…

Queer customisation

• A group of media students walk into a queer event – “hello sir, we are from bla bla college and we want to interview a ‘successful gay man’ for our project”.
• hello, I am a Viscom student. I got your number from bla bla. I am working on my project and I want to make a…

Existence

“Do you have suicidal thoughts?” asked my therapist.
“No” I said.

I didn’t lie; but I did not tell the truth. There are times I wish I did not exist. Sometimes I think I should just disappear into thin air. I googled spontaneous combustion. Alien abduction…

when my clothes bleed

i curse you; i curse you when i take those pills

i curse you when i have to drag myself out of bed every morning

i curse you for screwing me up

i curse you for not knowing what you wanted

i curse you when my clothes bleed in the washer

another day

i hope someday you get to read this

i hope someday you come to know what you put me through

i hope someday you will look into my eyes and tell you are sorry for screwing me up.

screw you

“i’ll screw you up” he said

“probably that’s what i want” i replied

what would I give up to spend just one more minute with him?

nothing