Men, will be boys!

Published on March 28, 2008

We had spent a nice Saturday at the market place – shopping, eating out, planning a restaurant lunch for hubby’s friends who had clamored enough for a wedding treat, and we had taken our week-old i10 for its first visit to the main market hub in our city. 
We returned home tired but I was utterly [...]


“Frailty! Thy name is woman”

Published on March 25, 2008

We talk about female liberation, equality and education. There are organizations, people (both men and women) fighting and striving to give women respect with security and independent sustenance. In a previous post, Haunted by a Woman, I highlighted with a real-life example, the need for women to be able to stand up for themselves when [...]


Options Galore

Published on February 19, 2008

It was July and the night was stormy. I had been immensely delayed in office and by the time I could wind up my work, it was nearly 10:30 PM. I did not want to wait for the office cab, which would take another half an hour to pick me up. I saw a lone [...]


Size does matter

Published on January 2, 2008

“People will sometimes try to cut you down to size to make themselves look bigger, so if you start out small, they will only make you smaller.” I read these words on the internet - advise from a mother to her married daughter - and I realized just how important they were for me [...]