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Rosalyn Dmello

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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
What an exam could look like

What an exam could look like

The atmosphere was electric as students picked up crochet needles for the first time, joyously engaging with a form of art-making that has been historically marginalised in a stress-free setting

28 June,2024 05:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
Life lessons from the blue waters

Life lessons from the blue waters

Floating in the sea or a pool allows me to feel a fearless weightlessness, as if this is just the way life is supposed to be

21 June,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
Leisure as an everyday experience

Leisure as an everyday experience

Abandoning capitalist notions of productivity affords one space to view their body in a state of movement and rest

14 June,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
A vindication of power of resistance

A vindication of power of resistance

The general election results confirm how individual and collective dissent help keep the spirit of democracy alive

07 June,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
The many odes to Dante

The many odes to Dante

The feminist in me is perplexed by the unflagging eulogising of works of ‘great men’, when the wealth of literature by women lies unassumingly waiting to be ‘discovered’ decade after decade

31 May,2024 06:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello
How human connection helps us grow

How human connection helps us grow

Living far away from home has irrevocably changed me. I don’t know if I will ever feel ‘settled’, but I’ve learnt that I like exposing myself to people as there is much to learn from interactions

24 May,2024 04:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello

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