Love in the Time of Lockdown
The first lockdown 2020
Surabhi Jain
A curious soul bumbling through life
Women’s Day Musings: Imposter Syndrome
Growing up, I have had the privilege of studying in institutions of repute which have afforded me the opportunities many women don’t even realize they have a shot at. But, this also meant I was relatively sheltered from the realities of gender inequality, because in highly competitive environments, there is no scope of slowing down or paying attention, the stakes are equally high for everyone. Even at home, my father was home as much as my mother was; my mother worked outside the house as much as my father did. I never heard of or saw the concept of “men sharing the load with women”, because it was always two individuals working to run a home and earn a living together. Further, there was never a question of how much they should “invest in their daughters’ education” or whether it would all be a waste “because daughters get married anyway”. I was groomed as an individual who had to ultimately make my own path.
Surabhi Jain
Minimalism: Fad Or Rad
This is a time when we have too much of everything — clothes, shoes, gadgets, cars — really, just anything money can buy, we collect. But the funny thing is, it’s not just an overload of physical “things”; we have too much of the internet, too much advertising and way too much information. Instead of it making us confident in what we know or believe, it constantly makes us question ourselves. It constantly makes us feel we do not know enough; resulting in an overload of opinions and confused emotions.
Surabhi Jain
It’s a Hygge Life
Secretly hoping no one catches me if this is not the correct usage of the word (is it a noun? is it a verb?); yet here I am, so intrigued and so in love — with this word. With hygge.
Surabhi Jain