OPEN TO OPINION
The writer is an ex lifestyle editor and PR vice president, and now a full-time novelist based in Delhi. She's the author of Faraway Music, Sita's Curse and You've Got The Wrong Girl! Also, a columnist on sexuality and gender and the recipient of NDTV L'oreal Women of Worth Award in the 'Literature' category.
Kolkata moral policing: Years ago, my boyfriend and I were kissing passionately when a cop walked in on us
Since when did the City of Joy become the City of Bhoi (fear) for lovers?
Why I wrote a novel about a baba raping a young woman
‘My husband was impotent, he sexually abused me. Then, my in-laws took me to a guruji...’
Single women from urban India are no longer afraid to have one-nights stands and affairs
[Book extract] If sex is available easily, there’s nothing wrong in a woman lusting after it, not waiting for emotional connect.
Show anchor Sonika Chauhan's death exposes justice is a sham in West Bengal
When will we begin asking serious questions about a case full of loopholes?
Why men talk and act dirty in bed
Why do we, women, not articulate our likes and dislikes when it comes to sex? Why are we always the provider?
Desi Fifty Shades of Grey, 'Maaya' by Vikram Bhatt is a bold insult to women
The visual orgy begins with the overpowering voice of a man spelling out BDSM for beginners.
Are we raising men who will eventually rape us?
Be it on a crowded street corner or a deserted highway. Or in the darkness of our own bedrooms.
Why society likes to call single woman like me a slut
Spare us the look of pity or the compelling need to find us a partner.
I'm a Bengali woman with big breasts, don't bother me
The beauty and fashion industry is made to balance itself on the idea of being thin.
