Because it is a scam. Because deep down, they prefer you unambitious. Because in this part of the world, only women bleed. Because what they actually mean to say is, I have power, you don’t. Because you are expected to be everything to them, even when you are treated like nothing. Because when they call you virtuous, they do so because you are expected to be hypocritically pious. Because when he says a wife material…

I remember the first time it happened. It feels like it was just last night. My memories of that day so clear, how scared I was. I should have gone in with the other students, it was siesta time according to the school’s timetable. The human body is designed to crave a nap sometime in the afternoon hours, during siesta, your body refreshes itself, we are told. Back in the day, before I went to…

“When things are going great, it is only a matter of time before they go bad.” Perhaps the above thought keeps a lot of us on lockdown. “Better to be protected, right?” “Protected from what exactly?” “From getting killed. Or worse, killing myself” “Time will kill us all one day”. Consequence. A word often associated with negativity. Nobody likes it. Nobody likes termination. Repercussion. Aha! that’s another scary word. A by-product of addiction. Stigma and…