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October 26, 2009

Becoming Woman

ALL I KNEW WAS that this non-profit group called MARAA was organising some sort of performance on gender and sexuality. A friend told me about it and even offered to pick me up. Work lay unfinished on my table, but what the hell, I decided, I could always catch up later. And that’s how we [...]

July 21, 2009

Hair

By Priyanka Joseph

That girl at twenty-

her black hair ripples
through the comb
in the pride of spring –
such beauty!
(sono ko hatachi kushini nagaruru kurokami no
ogori no haru no utsukushiki kana)
- Yosano Akiko, Midaregami: The Poetry of Yosano Akiko, 1952.
2005. THE L’OREAL SALON in Chennai. I was at the eye of a storm, all because Susan (one of [...]

August 24, 2008

Pink, It’s The Colour Of…

By Annie Zaidi

When I was a kid, my favourite colour was red. I still remember a red silk dress I had, with thick silver trimming all over the bodice and sleeves. And if you’re a close friend of mine, you’ll probably have heard my little story about the huge tantrum I threw in Hazratgunj, Lucknow, [...]