The Bitter Burden of Silence

Child Sexual Abuse is one of India’s secret crimes. We don’t speak it’s name, vaguely saying “child abuse” or just indicating by our scandalized, shamed faces, full of fear and secrets, crowding about the name like ants around a morsel of rice, voices rising over the shrill piercing scream that brought the crowds, drowning it [...]

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Kindergarten lessons

Our moms were right about what they taught us in kindergarten: don’t show a bully you’re scared. That’s exactly what he wants to see. It was hard to follow, and we all got bullied. But that’s a message for life, a message for dealing with patriarchy.

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