Embracing Success
One of the most misunderstood words in human language is love. It is used as a substitute for almost all the worthless feelings that spring up as weeds in the vast farmland of our emotions. We use it to express feelings of concern, sympathy, fear, lust, affection, attraction, and so many other emotions, that have …
At the age of seven, I was subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mumbai, in a most unhygienic and clandestine manner. The shock and trauma of that day are still with me. Like me, there are thousands of my Dawoodi Bohra sisters who have been subjected to genital cutting as children and even today …
Bohras are the only community in India, where FGM (also known as Female Genital Mutilation or khatna) is being secretly practiced in the 2 million strong Bohra community. The practice involves cutting a part of a 7 year old girl child’s clitoris. The practice is harmful to the girl child and the woman and has been declared …
What is the most important thing needed for a happy, successful and peaceful life? Is it faith or reason? Faith is a process of believing in what has been passed down through the ages as right. It is a process of accepting a set of rules as true and final.. Reason is an involvement of …
My life is a raptured tray, Which I designed with a frisky clay. Not enough freedom I got as it may, Ignored such trifles and all negative say. I'm born with potential; 'm born to sway, Why all want to direct me in their way? 'M born with ideas please trust my byway, But as always I  feel at bay. It matters not …
I and Ragini loved each other a lot. When everything seemed fine, Ragini was forcefully married off to a wealthy guy by her parents and sent to a distant country thanks to my lower caste. I was heartbroken and slipped into depression. I swore that ...