• Mental Health

    TATT (Tired All The Time)- How to fight it?

    April 6, 2023 - By 

    If you feel tired and void of energy all day, you are not alone; this thing is more common and gets its acronym: TATT (Tired All The Time). It is when your body feels less energetic and less motivated to work or perform simple tasks. Tiredness after a long day is normal. However, prolonged exhaustion can affect productivity and stops you from enjoying life. Low energy levels impact our mental health, too, leading to a decline in daily functioning abilities. Why do we feel tired all the time? Tiredness or physical exhaustion can be due to a multitude of reasons.…

  • Mental Health

    10 Simple and Effective Methods for a Stress-Free Life

    April 5, 2023 - By 

    When you deal with stress at work or in your personal life, the best way to deal with it is by finding the cause of it. Mostly, people try to indulge in quick and easy coping mechanisms like binge eating, alcohol or caffeine, which disrupts our well-being in the long run. Instead, we are here to give you 10 practical ways to handle stress in a healthy manner. 1. Get moving:     Work out at the gym, go for a long walk outdoors or join a Pilates session. Keeping your body active clears your thoughts and decreases emotional distress. 2. Socialize:…

  • Mental Health

    Could Sensitivity Sabotage Your Life? The Truth About High Sensitivity

    February 4, 2023 - By 

    I recently moved places. Again. It has been like this for three years now. When January comes, it has almost become an unwritten rule for us to shift places- move within the city or change countries. Though I know how blessed it is to travel to the places I only dreamt of when I was a child- packing, moving, transitioning to the new place, weather and culture, house hunting, and settling is a nightmare. This time, we found a temporary home in a high-rise building. So, I am sitting here on the 19th floor, facing the entire city and Lilliput…

  • Books

    Alice Walker and Hate: Myop, Beautiful World, Death Of Innocence

    December 23, 2022 - By 

    I did a little research about the author after finishing the post. This post or the blog does not in any way, endorse the author's anti-semitic views. Hate mongering is serious. Before, I begin the review, I want to say that I do not support Alice Walker's ideology. Flowers, written by Alice Walker, is a short story originally published in 1985 in the short story collection ‘Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women’. This micro-fiction displays the horrible face of mankind- their hatred and discrimination. It is a story about a 10-year-old African-American girl who loses her innocence early in…

  • Books - Feminism

    Girl By Kincaid Is Everything You Need To Understand Feminism

    December 18, 2022 - By 

    I decided to read 50 short stories written by women, and share my reviews online. I stumbled upon Girl by Jamaica Kincaid, which summarizes the answer to the question ‘why do we need feminism?’. As the year-end draws, I reflected upon some of my weaknesses, and one stared at me with monster eyes: Inconsistency. So, I chose to push myself and write one review each day for a short story that I read (I am hoping to succeed *fingers crossed*) Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and…

  • Mental Health - Parentsphere

    Healthy Boundaries 101: Stand up for yourself

    October 14, 2022 - By 

    Healthy boundaries are set when the kids learn to say NO. To learn to say NO efficiently, the kids must start establishing healthy boundaries in the family. Creating healthy boundaries is like creating a wall around ourselves, and putting a door, so people can knock before walking in… Let me recall something that happened in my neighbourhood. In the apartment I live, a girl (of my daughter’s age) hit and disdained other kids. She was rude and unkind to everyone. The kids who felt bullied by her often came to me to talk about it. They wanted a solution. However,…

  • Feminism

    Laugh, Walk, Talk Like a Lady: The Ruthless Sexism

    May 12, 2022 - By 

    Part 1: The 1950s Housewives Feminism is the movement to bring an end to sexism and oppression. It is an effort to make women liberal and empowered. Feminists believe that feminism means having a choice. Do you also know that people who make unconventional choices feel ashamed and embarrassed to talk about it? Choosing to be a Housewife: The choice that was once super-conventional and traditional is now becoming unconventional and outdated real fast. When the “empowered” women look at a housewife, they see her as a poor soul trapped within the four walls. It is not surprising to see…

  • Parentsphere

    Fred Andrews of Netflix’s Riverdale: Single Dad of the Year

    March 30, 2022 - By 

    Writing this after watching the funeral service of Fred Andrews, the best father of the Netflix series ‘Riverdale’, makes it more emotional and sad. But, it was refreshing to see the positive aspects of gentle parenting in the series that I want to write about it. With a common misconception around Indian households that parenting is almost always the mother’s expertise, this series, and especially Fred Andrews, proved it otherwise. We normally believe that cooking, disciplining and supporting a kid emotionally and morally are a mother’s responsibilities. Sometimes, we go further by imagining that single fathers are terrible at parenting.…

  • Feminism - Parentsphere

    7 Lessons of Patriarchy I would Unteach My Daughter

    March 26, 2022 - By 

    Last week, I asked my friends if they had anything they would like to unteach the girl children they know- of patriarchy and gender stereotypes. We think that we no longer follow patriarchy, and maybe we don’t consciously. But, there are small lessons imbibed and cultured into our day-to-day activities. We are not aware of them because we think it is normal, and that’s how it is supposed to be done. So, when I asked, I heard a lot of common practices that could be missed as normal routines but are ideas inherited from patriarchy. Some of them are easily…

  • Happier
    Mental Health

    Happier By Marshmello- The Pursuit Of Happiness And Hope

    September 10, 2021 - By 

    Though I have heard Happier a lot of times before, this was my first time to watch the official video. It struck me so emotionally that at the end of the video, I can’t stop questioning the irony of the title of the song. Happier certainly had a happy ending, but it made me bawl for a couple of hours in the bathroom. Have you had dogs? Have you had any pets? If not, I recommend 10/10 to adopt one. How else would you know unconditional love, friendship and loyalty? Why am I speaking about dogs? Because Happier speaks about…