The Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar missed his vocation in life. He should have been a performer. From what little we can make out from his wooden expression, whenever he appears on television to participate in well orchestrated press conferences, he would have turned out to be a terrible actor. But how does that […]
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Indelible Snapshots
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard I don’t believe in travelling to get away. Yes, there have been times when the city has thrown so much more than I thought I could handle, that I […]
Reinventing Culture
Even if the rapist had broken through the door and raped someone in the house, the woman victim would have been at fault. At least partially, because “taali ek hath se nahi bajti…” If the rape victim was an infant perhaps the reason would be her parent’s non- belief in god or perhaps her stars […]
The Republic Of Hypocrisy..
The rape and murder of the young 23- year- old in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, has unleashed the suppressed angst of millions of men and women in India and has led to endless debates and discussions across all media, which are not going to finish too soon, but will die down nonetheless, over time.Meanwhile, rapes, […]
What Can I Do?
The December 16 horror leaves me feeling helpless beyond words. ** I am an average woman, piecing together my life, bringing up two kids, running a family, supporting a busy spouse, trying to craft out a career and busy trying to realize all my hopes and aspirations. Suddenly the news of the death of a […]
She Lives..
A raindrop falls, hits the ground, disintegrates and is no more. The last light of the day leaves Imagine a home in the country Imagine a garden, rose beds Think of the sun in the flowers, Imagine your children playing, Carefree and happy. Are the seams in your shirt straight? Imagine a girl who wanted […]
The Culture Of Rape
I have never lived in Delhi but every time I pass it on the way to my mother’s town, my skin crawls and not just because of the rape lore that thickens its air. After having lived in the South for the last 18 years, I cannot handle the brazen disrespect in Delhi’s gaze […]
Guetta At HUDA
So David Guetta played at the HUDA grounds in Delhi. The crowd? Well, there were girls in formal gowns. I imagined what they must have said to each other before dressing formal. “C’mon we are going for a live concert, you know what that means? Pull out that gown I wore to Shilu’s reception! Yes, […]
Letters from Prison On International Women’s Day
This is not an authored article but we at Unboxed Writers feel bound to share this press release issued by the Free Soni Sori Campaign (Courtesy Kamayani Bali Mahabal). We must do more than just read this story. We must join our voices to make such atrocities impossible. In a global show of solidarity marking […]
Udaan 2011-A Curtain Raiser
The young have many voices. Of dissent. Of protest. And because the young gaze is unsparingly honest, it is potentially a catalyst for change. Change happens when disparate dots are connected and scattered ideas synergise a movement and no one knows that better than AIESEC, the worlds largest youth run organization. Almost 60 mellow years of age, it however is […]
Waiting To Live…
In her dreams, Innayat always woke up to the enchanting and re-assuring sound of the morning azaan, and opened the windows, which her nani would slyly shut after she had slept. The morning breeze would bring with it, freshness and a whiff of roses, the pine trees, the first batch of Kashmiri rotis being baked […]
Speaking Walls…
She dragged the last suitcase inside the room and flopped on the couch. She heaved a sigh of relief, closed her eyes for a moment and dozed off. A creaking sound woke her and she opened her eyes, squinting at first, then wide as she realized she had left the main door ajar. She got up to shut it. […]