MissUnderstood Genius

#NotAllMen but still many…

The news of a young woman gone missing while walking home has brought up many fears I grew up with in India. We all have stories of being groped, attacked & some much worse. And it is always the women’s fault. We were too loud, wearing unsuitable clothes, putting ourselves in danger. Always watching our backs, anxious, hyperaware. I am tired of it all. I don’t want any girl to grow up with this…

As the world celebrated International Woman’s Day, I come across the cover page of Outlook magazine. Sigh! Chores?!? Really now! Clearly, the writer’s outlook is stuck somewhere in 1846. Super regressive! And these are magazines that talk about progression. sigh! Every time these people think they are celebrating women they are actually offending them ..and they don’t even get it .And maybe…

I have no doubt that breast milk has nutritional properties but I dislike these studies or more so with media articles that extrapolate them to a broader global population, dismiss socio-economic contexts. Even with large cohorts it is almost impossible to disentangle social and economic factors from the outcomes being measured, not to mention the fact that the time, support, and energy required…

Thanks to Benedict Cumberbatchand all the other men who are leading by example to make the right change. But this both heartens and saddens me simultaneously. On the one hand, it’s great that Cumberbatch is taking a moral stand. On the other, it’s a disgrace that he has to do so, especially given the time that has elapsed between the beginnings of the fight for women’s rights led by Emily…

Bleached…

Anybody that grew up in the Indian Subcontinent, African country and SE Asian country especially as a woman, believed one thing: Being fair is better. The message has always been and continues to be that lighter skin means success in all realms of your life. The discrimination for darker skin is not just for what country you come from but what level in society you are a part of. It’s a…

A Pie in the Face.

“Since political correctness has become the norm in our society the normal man in the street has had a lot to be angry at.  The normal man in the street has found the life in which he lives in is beset on all sides. No longer allowed to voice an opinion or make an intelligent humorous joke  (to which he is entitled to do),  for if it offends anyone, ultimately opening himself up to possibly…

“Mind” your business

An old man was selling watermelons. His price list read: 1 for £2 and 3 for £8.

A young man stopped by and bought 3 watermelons one by one, paying £2 for each.

As the young man was walking away, he turned around and told the old man, “Hey, do you realize I just bought three watermelons for £6 instead of £8? May be business is not your thing.”

The old man smiled and mumbled to himself, “People are…

I complain: The laundry basket never stays empty. God reminds: Your family never goes without clean clothes to wear. I complain: I hate to cook. God reminds: Your family never goes without food to eat. I ask: Why can’t my kids chill out for 10 minutes? God reminds: You have never seen the inside of a children’s hospital. I say: There isn’t enough time to do everything I need to do, much less what…

Still shying away from new people yet loves to cuddle with the ones she knows. Loves belly rubs from Kam and definitely understands the word ‘food’. She is naturally curious, processes stimuli more quickly, and reacts faster than I can. She can expertly read my body language and clearly see my intended plan before I am even fully thinking of it. I am finding myself having to play a lot of ‘catch…

If you feel you’re knocking on closed doors, keep knocking. But only if they seem to have a window. At least make sure they would look out to see who’s there. Then persist. For it’s a rare rock that doesn’t break by repeated hammering. Unless you’re not it’s weapon of choice. Part of the beauty of this idea, this hypothesis of love, is its abstraction. Like water, it takes any shape, any form.…

The future can be very interesting, since these FOUR giants fight against each other for even-more domination. One or more giant may fall, possibly to be replaced by a yet-unknown. Interesting times are ahead, that is for sure.

‘The Four’ considers the enormous power accrued by the big four technology giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Whilst it isn’t a fiction, it really gives you an insight into how these huge corporation came up from a ‘germ’ of an idea to becoming what they are today; the exception being Apple, however, that organisation really did undertake a metamorphosis to come back from the brink of…

I love reading…rather I enjoy reading but I have got into a habit of putting it off for later and never getting back to it. To encourage myself to read, I have created a list of categories (instead of books) to keep it interesting. Feel free to join me in the challenge or recommend me a book to read in any of the category. Book written by a celebrity Young adult bestseller My husband’s favourite…

Indian Hospitality – The mindset!

Is it because foreigners really have low expectation from a developing country like ours? Or is it that Indians want optimal value for money? Well, I am talking about hospitality – the way it is conceived, provided and expected by Indians. Not just our country – maybe all of the Middle East and SE Asia. Every time I look up a property (AirBnB or hotels) in any of these parts of the world, it…

So often its written about sexual harassment and about being abused as a child. I believe social media will set us free in many ways and bring a lot of taboos out of the closet. I realise not everyone can speak so openly and freely about it. But we’ve all experienced it. The guy who smacked you hard across the chest as he went by on the bike so that you secretly nursed a purple breast for weeks.…

Many of my friends are initially going to be upset with what I start out saying, but it will make sense if you read it to the end. The killing and mayhem at the concert in Las Vegas was heinous, brutal, evil, despicable, and should be categorically condemned by every decent human being. The incident elicits revulsion, horror and terror, *but it is not terrorism*. I believe that the law…

It always breaks my heart when I hear someone described as the “problem child” in their family. It has been my experience that the rest of the family are usually the (creators and) maintainers of the undertow that pulls the “problem child” under. Problem Child expresses all the family dysfunction. Sometimes, someone who gets labeled as that has issues that have nothing to with what someone else…