Aishwarya Javalgekar
Aishwarya is a freelance writer, part-time poet and full time chocolate lover. Her interests include singing at the top of her voice and writing about gender, sexuality and mythology.
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From Veruthe Oru Bharya To The Great Indian Kitchen: Female Identity In The Domestic...
The Great Indian Kitchen won the Kerala State Award for Best Film and Screenplay. A decade ago women were represented differently in kitchens
Just A ‘Normal’ Mother-Daughter Relationship: Invisibilised Parental Abuse
What do you do when you realise that your relationship with your mother was only made to look 'normal' in a society that invisibilises the trauma inflicted by abusive elders?
Deconstructing The Idea Of The ‘Modern Indian Woman’: Being Versus Becoming
The society categorises women into good and bad, constantly defining who the ideal, modern Indian woman is. Who is she, afterall?
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