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Feminism starts by doing small chores

I know, I know that's a very sensitive topic here. But How can I not write about it!! Some will even say I have picked up a live wire. But being a female in a country ‘जहां मुछो की चलती है’ how could I miss writing about on this!!!!!  First of all, let me tell you that I took a gala to process the meaning of this word. I have absolutely no idea about the person who introduced this word in India. And like a wise person, I didn't want to jump into a discussion of this topic until I have a complete knowledge on it. Lucky for me, my quest did get over after I came across a book named ‘Feminist Rani’ by Shalini Chopra and Meghna Pant. What an inspiring book I have to say. I recommend that book to all of you. Quite a few times I come across this question of whether I am a feminist or not. And to be honest, I had no answer for that, I remember being blank many times. Soon, I realized I wasn’t quite happy with the answers I had gotten from so-called intellectual people. Thus, it became

'Love in Comfort zone' isn't that our motto these days?

Don't get offended by the title!  Our generation and the coming generation have it easy and that's why love these days are in comfort zones. We choose a date by swiping right. We choose them by their pictures and the little information they decided to share. We have made it easy to get into a relationship and easier to get out of one thanks to social media, one-night stands, revenge sex and what not! I guess we are the generation who invented some of those things.  Unlike olden times, there is hardly any venture to know the real person behind the face and laughter, there is upfront sex without any intimacy or romance.    "I really wonder when did love change its meaning? ….. or we did? And so our generation has higher divorce rates because lesser people believe in fixing a relationship."  Everyone is aware that there are more fish in the pond and that’s the reason it has become a trend to leave the relationship once things get rocky. I am not sure if our generation is