Subhadraharanam – Part II

In part one ‘He is a playboy’, he had said, shaking his head. ‘Such genius but such vice! Too many women. He lives his life on the edge’. ‘Poor Arjun’, Krishna observed. ‘He did not take that failed love affair lightly’. Sympathy was like a weed. It could grow through the tiniest of cracks on [...]

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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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