I wonder why they brought me here, leaving me to rot in this odious jail My biggest crime: wanting justice and basic human rights India’s freedom was stolen, while the British rule prevails And then, through the bars, I see my broken child His face painted the colors of the flag: orange, green, and white […]
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Although I never did have my marriage secretly arranged by my parents (and thank goodness—I doubt they could have ever found me someone as adorable as Rishi), I’ve definitely felt the same generational/cultural clash with my family as Dimple struggles with in When Dimple Met Rishi. I moved to the US from India when I […]
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“A devadasi (Sanskrit: servant of deva (god) or devi (goddess)) is a girl ‘dedicated’ to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.” If you live anywhere in Mumbai, India, you know that we are under a severe drought. All of us have been affected in some way. But the brunt of the blow […]
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I am a work in progress. My sentences don’t form in my head, just yet. Instead, they form in mid-air while I’m trying too Hard to find the right words to say, while time’s Running up and I can’t quite articulate the way life makes me feel. I am a work in progress. I […]
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When you wake up on a Monday morning, cranky and dreading yet another day of high school, just remember that I love you. Always have, always will. There was a time when looking at you in the mirror would disgust me. There were days when I wanted to take all your journals and flush them […]
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In an age before this dreary time When all made sense, the words would rhyme We knew each other well back then Speech came easy, I’d call you friend Out of sight, out of mind The legend’s true, we came to find For now we speak with lulls and breaths When at times before we […]
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It’s just a sad fact of life that rape happens all over the world. Even with the campaigns against sexual assault and the constant reminders of obtaining sexual consent, the rate of crimes involving rape are still far from lessening — mostly felt in developing countries. It’s especially appalling and alarming to know that, in India, a […]
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Welcome back to Badass Ladies in History, Germ readers! I’m wishing you all a happy summer, and I hope that you are all staying cool during these hot days and warm summer nights! This month’s badass lady comes to us all the way from India, where she is known even today as a courageous warrior […]
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