“Surrogate” depicts detachment, autonomy, guilt/relief through our main character Sarama and her situation with her husband, Soumen.
Sarama, a school teacher living in a joint family marriage taking care of her husband, Soumen’s father, and his two younger siblings. Sarama’s dream is to have a child – of her own to take care of.
There’s a great book called The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins – where she talks about the importance of taking action within 5 seconds of an idea. This is because “your brain kills the idea” as Mel Robbins puts it. The ‘killing’ of the idea …
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Season 2 of Bridgerton will famously go down in history as it allowed exposure and opened doors for south Asian women in Hollywood. This will bring upon changes in Bollywood as well (or at least, I’m hoping).
Trigger warning // Rape
Though an enjoyable show which takes you out into a diverse historical world, there are problematic/triggering aspects I wish to express my displeasure about.
Productivity is human nature: we are built to problem solve and in some cases, we create problems but that’s a different story. We aspire for challenges and are bored without them. Our challenges look different throughout time: before, our goal was to survive via hunting/gathering. Now, we have passed a state where we no longer …
Intersectionality is a term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw, inspired by Sojourner Truth, which categorizes race, class, gender and sexuality. It serves as a platform for people to define their existence. Although a common and an essential theory, intersectionality in action is an extremely difficult hurdle. Even though Crenshaw relates intersectionality with African American and Black …
