Author Archives: Lavanya Gupta

They say, women are goddesses,They worship them. And yet, it takes a brutal rxpe,To create a sudden conscience in the society,We waive placards, write two social media posts,And then the next day character assassinate a woman who accused our favourite actor of sexual assault. They say ghar ki Lakshmi,(Symbol of wealth)And one day they sellContinue reading “Daughters of India”

The power of uncertaintyIt makes you question everything around you,Yet provides you with no answers.Reducing you into someone with no past and no future  ,Just a present.Yet it makes you question even that present.

Not gonna give much of an intro filled with dramatic dialogues . I’m not an Indian parent. Duh 1. I am in a relationship. (Son says) Ladki virgin toh hai naa? ( nahi uncle , bedsheet pe red stain nahi milenge) 2. Pehli baat , that’s so regressive. Second I’m in a relationship with aContinue reading “A session between Indian parents-part 2”

1.Mirror Mirror on the wall,Who is the strongest of all? An individual present in an election rally without masks. 2.  Bura mat dekho, bura mat suno , bura mat bolo.Then why is a damn thing called TV debates existent? 3. Name one thing Arnab Goswami and Ekta Kapoor have in common. Tell me a thingContinue reading “Get Real”

Sitting in my room, My head hidden under the pillow, Suppressing the noises; I was alone in my house. With my own fears and mistakes.   Breathing heavily, I finally opened my eyes to see that my room was still the same. The world was still the place which had always terrified me. Maybe itContinue reading “The Battleground”

The art of believing in something so passionately, that you are able to impose each and every restriction that comes with that  belief on everyone in this whole world , But yet you do make sure that there remains certain exceptions with it.That certain exception is you. Do you know what that art is called?Hypocrisy.AndContinue reading “Hypocrisy”

The first time we heard the term democracy ,Politicians were fighting for votes, not the people.The first time we read democracy ,It was in a political science textbook .Defined using vague words and explained using bookish language  ,Just meant to cram and vomit in an exam . And the first time we tried to understandContinue reading “Democracy”

Yes, I am back. Again with my ranting. Again with the same “vendatta” against our Indian culture. And again talking about the same old centuries old patriarchy prevailing in our kitchens. Haan waapis se, but then patriarchy has been there since even before the phrase “once upon a time”, so why should I care?? Kitchen-Continue reading “Kitcheniarchy”

When a cis-man rxpes a woman,It always comes down to,He is just a boy,He is irresponsible.When it comes to fixing of age for marriage,Girls should have lesser age,Boys are irresponsible.They don’t mature that fast.When it comes to cis men cheating on their partners,It comes to ,Boys are irresponsible. Move on.The girl he was with, sheContinue reading “Patriarchy- a confused shit”

As she walked in the heavy rain,Her Fire knew no calm.She was drenched from head to toe in those droplets which were meant to soothe her.Maybe in a weird way they did provide comfort to her,And the fire that was picking up speed.She walked the deserted streets,Knowing nothing new , nothing old.Just a state whereContinue reading “The Fiery rain”

For some people,Whatever you do will never be enough.They will always keep you on a pedestal,Somewhere on top,When you will look down ,The only thing you will see is a happier version of yourself.You left in trying to reach that pedestal,A pedestal which is still not enough for them.And one day that pedestal will notContinue reading “The race”