Coming from a brown family and having dark skin has always been a nightmare for me. My own family members and relatives called me names like gorilla, chimpanzee, ‘kallu’ (a subcontinental alternative of the dark skin slang) and even referred to me as a black pig from the wilds. And for obvious reasons, in my …
Colorism: A Racist Colonial Tool in Subcontinent Read More »
Success, success, and success. This is all I see whenever I look at social media. Someone is getting a job; someone has a successful start-up; someone is being called by top universities around the world. Everyone is doing great, and those who aren’t, I honestly don’t see them much. Or probably they don’t post …
How mental treatment is a luxury in a world full of depressed youngsters Read More »
Sitting on the rooftop under the boiling sun at 2 pm while the temperature is above 32° and with a book in hand might sound a bit crazy, but that is something I do when I get too annoyed with human contact. But today isn’t a very sunny day. I can feel a storm …
Book Review: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler Read More »
Analyzing movies or books isn’t something I do very often. I don’t know why, but to me a book or a movie is made with the idea of the writer or the director, and we as readers or viewers see this entire thing from the very point of view we wish. How we get influenced …
