life
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The Story of Rage Bait
I had almost pressed enter on a furious reply. Then I paused, and saw the post for what it was: rage bait. Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2025, doing exactly what it was built to do. This is the story of staged outrage, and how to stop taking the bait.
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The Good Girl Syndrome
I recently wrote this poem, “The Good Girl Syndrome.” As I planned to publish it on International Women’s Day, I wondered: Who is a good girl? How are these good girls created? A ‘good girl’ is a metaphor for anyone who doesn’t question the world around them, absorbs things as received, and isn’t curious to…
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Genzaburo Yoshino’s How Do You Live?
Book Review By Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur That’s an interesting title, I thought to myself. I have believed no one can teach us ‘how to live life’ better than the ‘life’ itself. Think about it—school focusses on building scholastic attributes, and family, knowingly or unknowingly, instills values and beliefs. But are those values really worth…
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My Long Walk To Freedom
Poem by Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur written on the eve of India’s Independence Day August 14, 2024 Who can be considered free? Am I free? I had been contemplating for long, With the limited knowledge I possess This is my truth today, Apparently, my motherland might have been free, But I am far from being…
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Stepping Into The Unknown
The post by #phdtroubles caught my attention. As I looked hard at the image below, I couldn’t help but agree that it is the correct depiction of a research scholar’s life. And when you are in it, it is super scary and unnerving. I have been there! Looking back, being thrust into the unknown, constantly…
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What Are We Becoming?
Have we ever wondered? What are we becoming? This should be the question, That everyone must be querying, To ourselves, not to others, It is imperative to be aware of, The direction we are heading. Did we ever ask? As an individual What are we becoming? As a family What are we becoming? As a…
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December & Orwell
It’s the last month of the year. A time to reflect, take it slow and prepare ourselves for the newness that life has to offer. But before that can happen, we need to empty ourselves. And that’s easier said than done. Well, I have developed a few coping mechanisms. I have recognized the magic of…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part I
Our Shame What is our shame as an individual? What is our shame as an Indian? What is our shame as a global citizen? The shame is that the social evils for which reformers, educationists, and visionaries across generations and continents, laid their lives be it Socrates, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Martin Luther King Jr.…
