I had no idea what performance art was until I came across Marina Abramović ‘s Rhythm 0 in 2014. The visuals moved me so much that I remembered them vividly when I stumbled upon the video a few days back. And this time, I was driven to look up performances by other artists. A few videos …
Wheezing. As school girls, that was the code word my sisters and I would use when we wanted to point out that some guy was looking at one of us in a lascivious manner. Yes, we were aware of the male gaze long before we even knew there was a term for it. Indian men …
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Some of us are addicted to our pain We hold on to it long beyond it’s gone Not because we revel in drama Or love ourselves some tragedy We wear our trauma Take it with us wherever we go Because it’s been with us for so long We don’t know who we are without it
Success is an irresistible drug – everyone wants a piece of it. That adrenaline rush when you beat your competition and come out on top is unbeatable, isn’t it? It makes one feel powerful, even indomitable. Thanks to these benefits and more, winning is idolized and its polar opposite, losing, is demonized by people and …
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A mother juggles every day so effortlessly that she often forgets to focus on other things. With every passing day, the world is changing and so are the trends that affect a mother-child relationship. Today, just being a mother is not enough. You have to be your child’s best friend, sibling, therapist, literally everything. You …
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I’m not weak ‘cos I have depression Not a mess with all my anxiety These aren’t just feelings They certainly aren’t my choice Just like my short stature or my brown eyes My mental attributes are just as God-given And just as enduring as my physical attributes If it were up to me, I would …
If you are a female in India, you have surely heard or read about the tragic case of the 27-year-old female vet in Hyderabad who was gang-raped, tortured, strangled, and finally, burned alive. A few days later, the accused were shot dead in an encounter with the police, at the very same spot where they …
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you may have heard the term ‘FinTech’ in recent years. But what does that mean? How does FinTech affect you in the real world? Let’s start with the basics. FinTech stands for financial technologies, which means all those technologies which apply to the financial sector. In recent years, …
We are all aware of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the workplace — they are, after all, easy to identify. However, there’s a form of sexism that is subtle yet just as oppressive. We’re talking about the everyday, sometimes unintentional kind of chauvinism called casual sexism. Subliminal bias, being excluded from certain activities, and gender roles… …
Almost everyone I meet socially asks me: Don’t you get exhausted by listening to so many people everyday? My honest answer to them is: yes, I get exhausted, as anyone would. However, I do not get affected. So the question is, do psychologists have emotional problems due to the daily dose of heightened emotions they …
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