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I have struggled so much in 2019. And all of it can be attributed to one word. “Loyal”. I have been called Loyal and disloyal and everything in between those two words. And so I did the simple thing. I looked up the meaning of the word. LOYALTLY: the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations. faithful adherence to a sovereign, government, leader, cause, etc. an example or instance of faithfulness, adherence, or the like: a man with fierce lo

As a few hours old mum, I had barely learnt to hold my baby, and in walked the first visitor to my hospital room. I still remember the first thing I was asked by that person: “How is he so fair when you are dark?” I remember being speechless, not because as a microbiologist and genetics being my favourite subject, I couldn’t find the words to tell her all about the way genetics works and the miracles of a recessive gene. But because I couldn’t believe that skin colour was the

A bully is someone who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. The key word here is habitually. I am sure in whatever time we have lived on this planet we have all seen some kind of bullying–we’ve either been victims of it, seen someone else be bullied or even been perpetrators. The best place to see bullying in action would be your average kids’ playground or school. I have even seen preschoolers aggression against other children or trying to dominate th

It is said that women are the backbone of any society. There is a saying in Marathi painted on the back of quite a few autorickshaws “Mulgi Shikli Pragati Zhali”, which roughly means “educate your girl, ensure progress”. The evidence of this maxim being followed is laughable at the best. We live in a dichotomous society. On one hand, women are financially independent and, theoretically at least, free to make choices. On the other, we face discrimination at home and work, ther

Of all the things I have done, letting go of my marriage was the most difficult thing to do. I failed to make it work. No, don’t get me wrong — I am not depressed and it was not happy marriage. But marriage is just one of those things that society expects you to hold on to. I kept on choosing to be unhappy and fighting for what I did not want, but in the end realization hit. Had I not made the right decision, the decay would have spread not just to me but to my son as well. B