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I am so grateful to have interviewed Ravish Kumar, one of India’s best-known journalists and the winner of the prestigious Magsaysay award. He is known not only for being a television star, but also for raising issues that no one else raises. He spoke… Continue Reading “My Interview with Ravish Kumar”
Previously published in Outlook. Recently, an ad for a fairness cream which showed a couple fasting on Karwa Chauth was taken down after strong protests. If you thought that people were protesting because they found fairness creams or even Karwa Chauth regressive, you would… Continue Reading “The State of the LGBTQ+ Community in India”
“Agent Bentley, can you hear me?” a crackly voice is transmitted through my earpiece. “Yep,” I say, excited at the prospect of another mission. I have been working with Moonfire Intelligence for three years, and what can I say? I just adore the adrenaline… Continue Reading “Going Rogue”
If you are a girl, chances are that you’ve been told too often that “science is for boys”. I still remember someone telling my younger sister to choose dance classes over science, simply because she belonged to a different gender. Science has always been… Continue Reading “Women and Girls in Science”
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we were taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.” These words… Continue Reading “Audre Lorde”
New Year’s Eve has always been quite an extravagant affair in the Gatsby family. Every single year, without fail, my Aunt Ruth prepares a lavish New Year’s feast and decorates her large home with such gusto that one sometimes feels as though they have… Continue Reading “A Gatsby New Year”
No one was more excited to watch the film adaptation of ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert than my father was. He had forced me to read the book before there was even any vague concept of a new movie being made, and I guess I… Continue Reading “Dune”
I’m not superstitious. I don’t usually believe in the supernatural – ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and the like. But the dream – oh god, it was so terrifying, and so real. The dreams that I usually have are fleeting, scattered, and I can hardly remember… Continue Reading “R.E.M.”
James slammed the door upon entering the flat, angrily kicking his shoes off, and flinging his backpack to the ground. “Woah, woah, woah,” chuckled Sebastian, “Calm down!” James did not reply, choosing instead to shove a frozen dinner into the microwave and setting the… Continue Reading “Roommate”
Portrait of a Cat and a Fruit Bowl A famous painting, ‘Portrait of a Cat and a Fruit Bowl’, is stolen from the Prestonheim Museum. The police are working on the case… the only problem is that there is no way anyone could have… Continue Reading “All My Writing”
De Omnibus Dubitandum 