Disclaimer: Not Family-Friendly. Disturbing/Explicit content. Babe…you online? Hmm. Sorry, these friends kept me. And? They gone now? Yup. I killed them. It’s just you and me now, love. For selfish reasons, I am sure. Now, come on. Don’t be mean. For you. Always for you. What d’you do with the bodies? For now, I’ve kept…
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Burqa Ban: A Family Zoom Fight
Scene: Family call. Participants: Yasin (Male, 26, final year of some management course in unpronounceable city of Netherland, Pantheist) Ahmed (Male, 21, final year engineering in RV college.. Islamic) Manal (or manaltha) (Female, 30+, UAE, Product manager, agnostic) Me/lulutha/itha (Female, 40, India, writer, atheist) Mom/Umma (Female, 60, Islamic) Naji (Male 38, Autistic/Islamic/Piano Player) Dog/Phlip Cats…
Unhelpful Representation of Special-Needs People in Malayalam Literature
Despite its high literacy rate and human development index, Kerala struggles with popular regressive and misogynistic opinions bandied about on local tea-stalls and Whatsapp gossip circles. But when bastions of progressive thinking like cinema and literary circles normalize the same, it is perhaps time to pick a bone or two. For a taste of the…
Unhelpful Representation of Special-Needs People in Malayalam Literature
Despite its high literacy rate and human development index, Kerala struggles with popular regressive and misogynistic opinions bandied about on local tea-stalls, Whatsapp gossip circles. But when bastions of progressive thinking like cinema and literary circles normalize the same, it is perhaps time to pick a bone or two. For a taste of the severely…
Day 16: Luxury Shopping in the Name of going Plastic-Free
I have realized that in the direst of mental conditions, I reach for my best friends: Amazon and Food Delivery. Turns out they have a different friend: Plastic! Friendly Neighborhood Kiranas for Food Staples Walking up to a mill with my mason jars and gunny bags to fill up on Wheat Powder (5 kilos), Rice…
Day 5: (Zero Waste) HSR Citizen Forum, Menstrual Cup Status report, Food Delivery
A sudden bout of bad moods have put me in bed indefinitely, moaning at how pathetic my life is. This is not a rare occurrence, very similar to a bout of fever for others, and does not make me pleasant company. As a result, lunch had to be ordered online, a wonderful meal of fresh…
The Printer
There once was a printer, That made a hell lot of noise, Especially when it printed With gusto, for all the boys. Of course they were other printers, Big and small, That printed quietly, and all day long. But this printer, it printed, with a particularly fine print, In a day, in a month, very…
Day 2: (Zero Waste) Extracting Menstrual Cups, Switching to tooth powder, and my corporate social irresponsibility
Yes, I brushed with powder today. Photo proof below. (Warning: Nobody looks pretty at 5 AM, with or without tooth powder in mouth). Then I slunk into my jogging clothes and proceeded to Agara Lake. Now for those who are unaware of this lake….remember pinching your nose when passing the gutter beside Jakkasandra? That gutter…
The Lost Tooth
She opened her bleary eyes, when the cat, all seven pounds of squirming flesh, climbed onto her belly. Squinting into the sunlight streaming in from the open window, she discovered that she was now the weary possessor of a pounding headache, and at some point, had managed to lose both a tooth and a spouse….
Zombie Zack
Zombie Zack had eaten his girlfriend’s brain, again. Of course, if you look at it, it really wasn’t Zack’s fault. It was almost like Jenna was asking for it. You don’t date a Zombie if you’re the kind that scares easily. Or even worse, gets disgusted. Now that’s just cruel, and impolite. So what if you burp…
Amel Rahman 