LU Chronicles
I don’t think misogyny and misandry are opposites. I think we make that comparison because the words look like opposites. Misogyny—the hatred or contempt for women. Misandry—the hatred or contempt for men. Put them beside each other and the equation seems almost too neat: if one is wrong, surely the […]
There is a particular kind of silence that follows a sher (couplet). Not the silence of emptiness, but of something having landed. You read two lines written centuries ago, and suddenly you feel seen in a way that is difficult to express and even more difficult to forget. That is […]
There are certain moments in life when you suddenly realise that technology has gone a little too far. For me, that moment came when I discovered that my mother had been listening to Osho on YouTube. Now, there is nothing particularly strange about my mother listening to Osho. She likes […]