Negotiate your way
September 1, 2020
Get up, O Woman, assert yourselfnon-compliance is not a shame-failure to negotiatewill set unwanted trendsrelegate you touptight spaceswhere you don’twant tobe
Tag: Women
She is a woman…
March 7, 2020
Is it a culture Is it a flower Is it an emotion? She is a woman She is a whole new tradition… Is it a caged bird? Are the words really what you heard? She is a woman She is a whole new commotion… Do you see her fly across the blue sky? … More She is a woman…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #125
March 5, 2020
Welcome to Women’s Week! Do the rest of the weeks in a year do not belong to women? 🙂 They sure do, but I choose women and womanhood as the theme for this week’s prompt. PROMPT #125 The image and quotes are indicative, not restrictive. You have full freedom to write anything, as long as … More Reena’s Exploration Challenge #125
A Writer is Born
February 18, 2020
“I’ll trust your judgement. A woman has superior intuition.” “We’ve peddled this theory for long. Actually, it is about a capability for lateral vision, something that men don’t have. We capture fleeting expressions in a nano-second, and it gives clues to the person’s psyche.” “I should be careful with my expressions, when I’m around a … More A Writer is Born
Aflame
September 3, 2019
monstrosities sethearts aflame – poised for revengeonlookers ignorevictim’s suffering, blame forunfeminine violence
Latent heat
June 12, 2019
No. It’s not about you. That was just me – seething inside with rage at your barbed innuendos, controlling the desire to pour water on your passionate demands after a battle of stinging words and setting the breakfast table, as if nothing happened last night. I wish it was a nightmare, but it isn’t. I … More Latent heat
What happened to Shupnakha
April 23, 2019
This is about three women from the epic Ramayan – Sita who has to walk through fire to prove her purity. Yet, she is banished to the forest a few years later with her sons, for an aspersion cast on her character by a washerman. Valmiki’s Ramayan is written during her anonymous stay in the … More What happened to Shupnakha
Draupadi
April 23, 2019
For those not familiar with the story Draupadi was a princess married to five brothers (the personality of each symbolized a certain value), because their mother uttered the words “Share whatever you’ve got today.” She was humiliated in court with a stripping attempt, and where her husbands did not come to her rescue. The incident … More Draupadi
Facilitation
March 12, 2019
Indira has posted a thought-provoking Hindi poem in response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge #77 https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/reenas-exploration-challenge-77/. The link to the original piece is here – https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/reenas-exploration-challenge-77/ Translated piece from Hindi to English A woman speaks O man! I am here where I’m supposed to be neither ahead nor behind but besides you I never nursed … More Facilitation
Woman – her journey
March 11, 2019
PROMPT Twisted out of shape to please others, she did not recognize herself. When she rose on her feet, with straight shoulders and looked in the eyes of the world – the world did not recognize her. She has shed the burden of imposed expectations, but needs to carve out a fresh identity. Will a … More Woman – her journey
