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  • The Rajmata Syndrome

    The Rajmata Syndrome

    Motherhood isn’t sacrifice alone; it’s projection, clutter, guilt, and power — from Jijabai to my overflowing fridge stuffed with symbolic edible devotion.

  • The Seventh Vow

    The Seventh Vow

    Blocked and cornered by Tarot, I found friendship not in history or politics, but in Devayani—the character I rejected—returning to demand her rightful story.

  • Self-Care With Crime

    Self-Care With Crime

    On difficult days, soup and crime fiction regulate the nervous system, externalize danger, restore order, and remind us why resolution feels deeply, psychologically necessary.

  • Two Influencers.

    Two Influencers.

    Using history as metaphor, this essay examines how societies create, reward, and sustain influence—whether it comforts power or confronts it.

  • Shabhari: The Forgotten Teacher.

    Shabhari: The Forgotten Teacher.

    Before Rama became divine, there was Shabari — a woman whose quiet love transformed devotion into wisdom. Her story still calls us to choose sweetness over judgment.

  • Veda Vyasa Beyond The Mahabharata

    Veda Vyasa Beyond The Mahabharata

    “This study examines Vyasa’s shifting role across modern Mahabharata retellings, revealing how authors reshape him as strategist, satirist, or symbol of narrative power.”