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Small-town Italy’s Taj Mahal

Small-town Italy’s Taj Mahal

While the culinary diversity across Italian regions will never cease to amaze me, it was a humble Indian eatery in Cremona that delivered big time when I was hungry and craving something familiar

06 September,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
The nebulous notion of home

The nebulous notion of home

The immigrant experience is often marked by existing in between worlds, trading one form of longing for another and latching onto largely idealised memories of the place where you used to live

30 August,2024 06:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
The insidious confidence killer

The insidious confidence killer

When we feel unsafe, being sure of ourselves is an uphill battle. Indian women risk their safety every day to fulfil their dreams. We demand the right to exist without fear

23 August,2024 06:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
What are we independent of?

What are we independent of?

Indian women ought to be able to go about their lives without the fear of being molested, raped and/or killed. The murder in Kolkata exposes how in these 78 years, true justice has eluded us

16 August,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
How the system breaks women

How the system breaks women

Living amid patriarchy compels us to spend as much as possible of our bodily resources until there is nothing left. What wonders would be wrought if we were empowered instead of bogged down

09 August,2024 06:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
Patriarchy, the ultimate hurdle

Patriarchy, the ultimate hurdle

If you are female or queer and seek to attain professional excellence, the levels of scrutiny you have to face feel extreme. This is to say nothing of internalised misogyny, which impacts one’s self-image

02 August,2024 04:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
The courage to cultivate resistance

The courage to cultivate resistance

In the face of heightened oppression, activism requires resilience, which is deeply rooted in the audacity to imagine a world premised on a love for justice and a deep respect for one another

26 July,2024 05:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
Steeling myself against despair

Steeling myself against despair

Practising hope as a discipline makes it possible to survive in a time where one is ceaselessly exposed to obscene displays of wealth in one part of the world and genocide and exploitation in others

19 July,2024 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
The perfect early birthday gift

The perfect early birthday gift

Learning that I had aced the intermediate-level German and Italian test, which only 50 per cent of examinees pass, was a wonderful way to start the week

12 July,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
No travel itineraries necessary

No travel itineraries necessary

My first time travelling with our toddler to places unknown to me was a pleasant and memorable exercise in giving up control or any sense of predetermination

05 July,2024 06:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello

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