From an advice column to an otherworldly tale—three feminist voices from the Indian diaspora confront misogyny even as they inspire and empower.
POINT AND NAME
From one generation to the next, SHOBHA RAO looks to the women in her family— sisters and nieces, mothers and daughters—passing on cautionary tales of tradition and the will to transgress
Ten years. An entire decade since I’d last been to India. Of course much has changed, as it should. My young cousin, for instance, who’d been a girl the last time I’d seen her, was now a woman with a child of her own. A baby girl, five months old. Now this baby and I, for the three weeks I was there, managed to spend a good deal of time together. After all, she and I were both new to this new India. When her mother, my cousin, was busy she would hand the baby to me, and off I would carry her to the narrow balcony of my cousin’s flat. I would point to the sky and say, first in Telugu, “aakasam,” and then in English, “sky.” And then I’d point to a tree (chettoo) and then a dog (kookka) and then a bird (peecheeka). Every now and then, I’d peek in to see what her mother was doing.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
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Red Pill, Blue Pill
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Sign of the times
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Return to form
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Dimple, All Day
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MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
