On 16 December 2012, 9.30 P.M: A 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern and her male friend were on their way home after watching Ang Lee’s Classic, …
PERSONAL
LOCKED TO DEATH
They locked me They burnt me alive I don’t want any more press statements Why is the factory a prison?? I do not accept having …
INSENSITIVE PEOPLE, INSENSITIVE MEDIA AND INSENSITIVE SOCIETY
Animals don’t molest, its human who do it. Thus calling the people involved in the heinous crime of molesting a girl in Guwahati on Monday …
An Ode to Silapathar-The town of Contrasts
Disclaimer: This is neither a travel blog nor a touristic piece desperately written to attract ‘domestic or foreign visitors’. In fact, seeing this in that …
Just Because its world photography day today…!!!
A normal person sees a storm, thinks help and runs away A photographer sees that storm, and runs the other way Off into the cold …
PROMISCUOUS TO LOVE A “NORTH EASTERN”
By Pragya Khanna Our story is a rare culmination of rare choices when it comes to love and marriage in India. At the hypothetically stable …
HOW IS MY MOTHERLAND?
Foreword: She is in her late Seventies. She comes every morning, climb the steep stairs of my house and greets me with her smile and …
THE POLITICAL GIMMICK CALLED ‘FASTING’
To every politician, social activist, Yogi (Sadhu) who has suddenly taken the Fasting mode…. Dear Ma’am/Sir No, you do not amaze me…!!! Because I know …
First Birthday Special Post
On 24th of February, my brother cum friend Uttam Pegu booked me my first blog domain. He wrote to me “Hi Manoranjan, Refer to your …
THE MUMBAI LOCAL
It’s terrible- how we Indian women aren’t taught to negotiate assaults in public spaces. Oh yes- there’s the mandatory karate class in school, and there …