young adulthood
On Learning and Becoming: “To Whom Do I Owe the Woman I Have Become?”
We become women before we become a woman. Of course, we don’t need to try hard to do so…We learn the sides and folds of the gendered box we are in before we gain the perspective to decide we don’t fit in and build a customised box or choose to have no box at all.
By Anjali
Friends of Paper, Friends of Flesh
That’s what books do, they open up the world to new possibilities, let you live a life bigger than your own.
By Ambica Naithani
November 17, 2025
Obedience, the Greater Good and Self-Exploration
I distinctly remember an adult male member of my extended family saying, “Cover up your chest with a dupatta. You…
By Taniya Mondal
September 1, 2022