The Seduction of Being Admired
A few days ago, I came across a discussion among therapists around a question that made many people visibly uncomfortable: What happens when a therapist develops feelings for a client? ...
When Does a Protest Stop Speaking for the People It Began For?
Education has always occupied a special place in my life. I was fortunate to grow up in a family where learning was never seen merely as a means of earning ...
When Did Honest Conversations Become Harder Than Violence?
For the last few days, I have been disturbed. Not because another murder has taken place. Sadly, India has witnessed many such tragedies before. What has unsettled me is something much ...
A Plate of Biryani and the Price of a Woman’s Dignity
I watched yet another controversy unfold on social media. A stage, a microphone, a cheering audience, and a young man joking that he wanted to "recover the cost of a ...
The Courage to Be Wrong
A few days ago, someone asked me for my opinion. I gave it. They looked disappointed. Not angry. Not offended. Just disappointed. It took me a while to understand why. They had not ...
We Teach Our Daughters to Adjust. But Do We Teach them When to Walk Out?”
I am a mother of two daughters. I also come from a large family filled with women—I had three sisters, and before us, there were six buas. I grew up ...
