I was just 7 years old. Just 7. I don’t know why I was chosen. I don’t even know if I was the only one. I just knew he was doing something wrong. Very wrong. And I could not say anything to my mother or sister. They knew it all but could not say anything […]

Hi, I am Nilofer. This is not my real name. Neither my new or old one. I named myself that for a short period of time, when I was doing my bachelors, away from family. I was super enthusiastic from my batch. I used to actively participate in all events and initiatives happening on campus. […]

I’ve recounted this memory over and over in my head many times. I used to think about it a lot when it first happened, but now it comes to my head rarely, it still does, just not as often. I think it’s been a few months since I last thought of it actually. It happened […]

Everyone knows how much good marks in India mean and when you don’t score oh god say hello to lectures and sometimes beatings too. I guess this is faced by everyone but I guess I wasn’t strong enough to dare it or how shall I say I was stupid enough to do something I shouldn’t […]

Right from the time I was a little girl, I was always an outdoorsy kind of kid. I loved walks. Be it with my grandmother to the corner shop, or just alone. I was always a wanderer. I used to walk around my locality looking at different houses and imagining the lives of people living […]

Meri Kahaani – Sunaina Hi, I am Sunaina. I am a PhD student at JNU. It’s just been a year since I started my PhD and it has been fantastic. For the first time in my life, I am living all by myself, deciding everything by myself. This was not the case three years ago. […]