

Revisiting my piece from The Logical Indian
Tanushree Ghosh @ The Logical Indian #MeToo is now more than a month old. It has been a month of tremendous-ness for me. Starting with conflict (should I post too? If yes, how publicly am I comfortable in doing so?) to facing the more difficult question: as someone who has been sexually harassed, how does it feel to listen to criticisms, light-hearted banters, and comments challenging the validity or even the need for a campaign like this. I now know how I feel and my persona

Swachh Bharat: India, Caste, and Cleanliness
As published for #Blacklight, Cafe Dissensus 702 Pitambara lane, Raniganj, was bustling already. Even those who didn’t know that this was a ‘wedding’ home, could tell so by looking at how many people had been traipsing up and down the front stairs since morning. Vijay uncle was making most of these trips, carrying mattresses and pillows to the bedrooms upstairs where out of town guests would be settled, trekking mud with his shoes in the process, undoing the work of the maid


Blacklight: Anarchy in the Afternoon
As Published on Cafe Dissensus Reetu glanced at the wall clock again and grumbled. ‘Even the clocks have spider webs on them. When is the last time someone used a broom here? Customers are charged an arm and a leg…Fancy wallpapers all around, no shortage of subterfuge but a big zero in cleanliness!’ Santosh didn’t respond. ‘Ma’am, you come now.’ He addressed instead the silent, much younger woman who was seated at the far end and had been obliviously flipping through a magazi