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Ahead of Mental Health Month, Artist uses #36daysoftype to Highlight Psychological Issues

By Avantika Mehta April 29, 2018May 3, 2018 In Art, Culture 0 36DaysOfType, avantika mehta 0

Megha Sharma aka @bewakoofladki on Instagram is a 21-year-old, self-taught graphic designer. After completing her schooling from D.A.V.

Fat, So? Podcast Voicing the Pain and Joys of Navigating the World as a Fat Woman

By Aisiri Amin March 6, 2021March 15, 2021 In Audio Content, Culture, Features, Interviews 0 BODY POSITIVITY, CULTURE 1

Ameya Nagarajan and Pallavi Nath are reclaiming the word FAT, which often consumes every other identity. In doing so, the pair is addressing the hurt attached to it through their freeing and relatable podcast, Fat. So?

THAT SASSY SACHEE MALHOTRA, SEX-CARE ENTREPRENEUR

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT March 3, 2021 In Culture 0 BODY POSITIVITY, Interview 0

Sachee Malhotra turns 30 this year. And she’s already begun her dream business — making women’s private business shame-free and fun! Her company, That Sassy Thing, is a one-stop-shop for women’s needs. Already the town’s talk for its sustainable, all-natural, and fun products, That Sassy Thing is TLC’s new favourite feminine hygiene and sex-care online store.

In A World Filled With Anxious People, Fredrick Backman Calls For Compassion

By Srividhya Venkatesan January 15, 2021 In Culture 0 Book, book review 0

Fredrick Backman’s latest novel Anxious People’s story unfolds within an apartment, where our failed thief takes hostage a real-estate agent and his clients. Lamenting his failure, the robber explains to his hostages, “I’m having quite a complicated day here!” And, so are they.

How To Use Meditation To Ease Anxiety

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT July 7, 2020 In BOOK REVIEW, Books, Culture, Mental Health 0 ANXIETY, book review 0

The opposite of anxiety is mindfulness. Mindfulness is not a bundle of techniques; instead, it’s an attitude, a conscious shift in becoming more present.

Let’s Talk About Self-Care Sundays, Ladies

By Avantika Mehta September 2, 2018 In Features, Intheirwords 0 INTHEIRWORDS, Self-Care 1

It’s Sunday; I have on my soothing sheet mask; I’m burning my Lavender essential oil from Kama Ayurveda. Later, I’ll go to a salon and indulge in a massage and a mani-pedi session.

How to be a Man: A coming of age story about a boy, mistakenly born female

By Avantika Mehta March 31, 2018June 6, 2020 In Features, Pride 0 avantika mehta, Pinkesh Gupta 0

Pinky to Pinkesh, the journey has hardly been easy. Convincing family, paying for numerous surgeries, and becoming the sole breadwinner at home,

Smashing Stigma Through Art: An Interview With Sarah Modak

By Nitya Sriram December 15, 2017 In Art, Culture 1 Digital Art, Erotic Art 1

Sarah Modak has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. An undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Visual Arts,

A Handy List Of Misogyny-Proofed Swear Words For Potty Mouthed Feminist

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT November 28, 2017June 24, 2018 In Features, Humour 2 Feminist Curses, Jinal Doshi 2

Fact: people who cuss are also more honest. As potty-mouth feminists, we’re all for that, with slight revisions. We’re inclusive feminists,

10 Indian Queer Insta Accounts You Must Follow

By Nitya Sriram and Kavya Bajaj November 8, 2017June 6, 2020 In Art, Culture, Features, Pride 0 Instagram, Kavya Bajaj 0

Instagram has emerged as a safe space for people to share their lives, and especially so for the Indian LGBTQI community who remain under the rule of the archaic Section 377,

#InTheirWords: How to Help an Anxiety Stricken Friend

By Shriya Zamindar October 10, 2017May 26, 2018 In Features, Intheirwords 0 ANXIETY, FRIEND'S ANXIETY 1

Mental health issues profoundly affect a person who suffers from them. Watching a friend go through tough times is also hard — especially so because it can feel hopeless when you can’t help your friend or family member climb out of their darkness and reach a better place.

Less Than Perfect, More Than Women’s Month

By Avantika Mehta March 7, 2021 In Features, Intheirwords 0 FEMINISM, INTHEIRWORDS 0

They’ll parade out feminism’s greatest hits in listicles and short profiles. We will recognise most of the names and faces, if not all. These role models of past and present that fought and won their battles. And, even those of us who brandish our tee-shirts saying “Women don’t owe you perfect/pretty/nice” will wonder: if she was able to do it, why haven’t I?

The Emancipation Of A Heavy and Weighted Heart In A Pandemic

By Abanti Chattopadhyay January 9, 2021 In Features, Intheirwords 1 BODY POSITIVITY, INTHEIRWORDS 3

2020 was the year I woke up to the possibility of being both fat and bald. I had the gumption to be only one of those. My PCOS was left unattended for far too long, and she was finally making me choose.
This essay isn’t a celebration of the 17 kgs I managed to plead out of my body. It isn’t a watered-down version of Chicken Soup for the Fat and Hurting Soul or another fat person inspiring you, notwithstanding their weight. I am not walking on-set, a months-old photo of me juxtaposed unto the screen, emphatically telling you that if I can, you can.