Expression

Anastasia – Steele versus Krupnik

September 21, 2012 by Sudakshina 4 Comments

If ‘Mummy Porn’ can make mega bucks, if several teenage vampire series of books (which has more adult and sexual content that any sensible parent would so desire) can be sold everywhere, why can’t Anastasia Krupnik and her comparatively innocent story takes it’s righteous place on the shelves of bookshops again? If the counter-argument to this is there’s not much of a market, does that mean child-like innocence is ‘not cool’ or worse, ‘not-for-sale’ any more????

Conundrums!

August 10, 2012 by Sudakshina 4 Comments

How long will it really take for God-Knows-How-Old certain stereotypes to go away, for good? I am, of course, referring to the perennial assumption and assignment of us womenfolk having to get educated, earn a ‘decent/good’ living, cook/clean/sew (in a continuous loop, as mess made by men and others will hardly ever be cleaned up by the messers themselves!), have kids, raise kids, worry for kids, cope with family (both in-tended and extended) and their competitive pressures, maintain friendships, do the grocery shopping, stack the kitchen, attend to guests, etc. (if I have missed anything out, please let me know)? 🙂

At One with Oneself

November 20, 2011 by Sudakshina 1 Comment

Hello there, my blogworms. How goes it with you all? 🙂 After a little thinking, my mind came up with the idea of basing this blog post on what it truly means to be at one with oneself- and what it means to be plain old lonely. There is a clear difference between the two, […]

Out of Depth!

July 4, 2011 by Sudakshina Leave a Comment

My past few blog posts have been based on India and my perspective of married life in India or the media in India, or….wait a minute, you already know that, as you’ve read the posts, haven’t you my blogworms?! So, for a welcome change, I’ll make this month’s post be about my observations on the levels of […]