Nostr notes by 🪷 प्रियंका | Priyanka 🪷

Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing heaven and gazing on the ...

2026-10-27T15:07:34Z

Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth,
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?

From To the Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley

#moonscrolling #love #poetry #nature #photography

Colonisation always comes bearing shiny gifts. But AI is ...

2026-10-26T08:55:39Z

Colonisation always comes bearing shiny gifts. But AI is colonisation of a kind few of us can even imagine. It’s capitalism’s final destination.

While there is so much debate about what AI can and cannot do for humans, there is too little talk about what it’s doing to humans.

What I really want to say about those AI companies is this: terminate with extreme prejudice.

https://www.equator.org/articles/arundhati-roy-artificial-intelligence

#longreads #AI #Capitalism #ArundhatiRoy

#silentsunday #corvids #cow #love #nature #photography ...

2026-10-25T14:31:07Z

#silentsunday #corvids #cow #love #nature #photography

Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads ...

2026-10-24T05:37:13Z

Every year
everything
I have ever learned

in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side

is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it
go,
to let it go.

From In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver

#caturday #love #cats #photography #poetry

🤭 Thanks for sharing.

2026-10-23T13:41:29Z

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🤭 Thanks for sharing.

if I had another life I would want to spend it all on some ...

2026-10-23T11:24:39Z

if I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness.

I would be a fox, or a tree
full of waving branches.
I wouldn't mind being a rose
in a field full of roses.

Fear has not yet occurred to them, nor ambition.
Reason they have not yet thought of.
Neither do they ask how long they must be roses, and then what.
Or any other foolish question.

From Roses, Late Summer by Mary Oliver

#love #trees #nature #photography #poetry

Absolutely 💯

2026-10-14T15:34:20Z

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Absolutely 💯

2 Cockroach Janta Party activists have been sent to 5 days of ...

2026-10-14T05:24:58Z

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2 Cockroach Janta Party activists have been sent to 5 days of judicial custody for unfurling the Indian flag at Jantar Mantar. Since when is raising our national flag a crime?

Why should Indian citizens have to ask Modi's permission to:
Protest against his government?
Protest at a site deliberately located far away from the seat of power?
Pay money just to exercise their democratic right to dissent?

What a cowardly thing to weaponise the executive, police & judiciary to crush dissent.

Which Adani-Ambani progeny is booking this venue, pray tell? ...

2026-10-13T07:42:56Z

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Which Adani-Ambani progeny is booking this venue, pray tell? Because how are unemployed, broke students supposed to pay this kind of money to protest?
For someone who grew up poor one would think our PM would have some sensitivity towards the financial struggles of ordinary Indians. But clearly his inferiority complex is so massive that he compensates for it by sucking up to the billionaire leeches of this country. Democracy cannot survive when dissent becomes a luxury only the rich can afford.

PM Modi & his BJP who sold out to the likes of Adani & ...

2026-10-13T07:41:46Z

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PM Modi & his BJP who sold out to the likes of Adani & Ambani now wants citizens of India to pay ₹50k a day just to book a protest site.

In a country where inflation continues to squeeze ordinary Indians, educated unemployment remains a serious concern & the rupee continues to depreciate, citizens are now expected to pay over a lac upfront just to exercise their democratic right to protest.

Fun fact -> Roughly 95% of India's workforce earns less than ₹50k a month. Let that sink in.

Why is Modi so scared of Indian citizens seeing how Delhi Police ...

2026-10-12T16:49:43Z

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Why is Modi so scared of Indian citizens seeing how Delhi Police is treating women & students at his command? Or is he scared that seeing this brutality will mobilise more Indians to join the protests?
What is he so afraid of people seeing? Let me guess, the fact that no one is scared of him & his goons party anymore. They're laughing at him & his antics.

If anyone had doubts about vote theft earlier, I think Modi’s actions are enough to raise even more questions. His silence is deafening.

If you think Instagram/Meta is only blocking violent imagery from ...

2026-10-12T16:43:10Z

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If you think Instagram/Meta is only blocking violent imagery from protests, you couldn’t be more wrong. The video attached has now been blocked. I made a screen recording of it(many of us are doing simply to preserve evidence of police brutality).

The video shows prominent faces of the protest - Neha Bora, brave student president of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), making a peace sign while being dragged by the police, Cockroach Janta Party activists, Rahul Gandhi & other protesters.

I understand that but it is very popular social media in India ...

2026-10-12T15:39:59Z

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I understand that but it is very popular social media in India and has played an important role in mobilising protests, but then Modi & his party of goons felt threatened and govt decided to put Meta on a leash. Now they're doing what they're ordered to.

Instagram has blocked a journalistically documented video of a ...

2026-10-12T14:47:49Z

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Instagram has blocked a journalistically documented video of a teenage girl being overpowered by 3 cops as she clings to a lighting pole to resist detention. One of many videos removed.

Last month Meta’s global affairs chief apologised to India’s IT Minister over brief restriction of Modi’s video.

Modi gets an apology. A video documenting police brutality gets blocked. BJP’s troll army issues rape threats, yet I’ve never seen those accounts blocked at this pace.

Cowardice enables oppression.

PM Modi, spineless as ever, has denotified Jantar Mantar as a ...

2026-10-12T09:46:05Z

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PM Modi, spineless as ever, has denotified Jantar Mantar as a protest site. This site has been a space for dissent since 1993, long before he became PM or even Gujarat CM[the genocide-accused CM]. It’s the same site where BJP leaders would cry about corruption & demand accountability from the opposition. Now, he has turned Delhi into a police state to protect his vote-bank guy, with police beating & detaining women, students, journalists for speaking up. History will remember this. & Not Kindly.

Yes, its terrifying to see evolution of sangh & its rising ...

2026-10-11T21:00:23Z

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Yes, its terrifying to see evolution of sangh & its rising popularity. More importantly, how it singlehandedly got Modi to power. I remember meeting a few people who attended RSS camps growing up, patriarchal thoughts are embedded in their worldview.

What’s happening in Delhi bears the political stamp of PM Modi ...

2026-10-11T16:06:23Z

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What’s happening in Delhi bears the political stamp of PM Modi & his party. When you elect a leader who, in my view, is indifferent to human suffering & enables religious extremism, you cannot expect a more inclusive or progressive India.

In just a decade, Modi has helped bring together a formidable force of bigots united by one purpose: to ensure this country is governed in their own image, where religious majoritarianism takes precedence over constitutional values.

The horror, the horror.

#silentsunday #birds #love #nature #photography ...

2026-10-11T15:58:13Z

#silentsunday #birds #love #nature #photography

PM Modi is so rattled that Delhi Police are arresting protesters ...

2026-10-10T06:07:30Z

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PM Modi is so rattled that Delhi Police are arresting protesters -> ordinary Indian citizens, not criminals. People are being picked up from their homes. Even protesting lawyers are being arrested.

This is what happens when you let fascists govern for a decade: dissent is criminalised, democracy is dismantled & decadence becomes the defining legacy of the regime.

Today is India's reckoning. The BJP cannot win the people’s mandate, unless its pawns keep manipulating the electoral process.

Today is a day like any other: twenty-four hours, a little ...

2026-10-10T02:29:32Z

Today is a day like any other: twenty-four hours, a
little sunshine, a little rain.

Listen, says ambition, nervously shifting her weight from
one boot to another — why don’t you get going?

For there I am, in the mossy shadows, under the trees.

And to tell the truth I don’t want to let go of the wrists
of idleness, I don’t want to sell my life for money,

I don’t even want to come in out of the rain.

From Black Oaks by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #bloomscrolling #roses #love #flowers #photography

We have a Prime Minister who avoids unscripted interviews with ...

2026-10-09T15:22:07Z

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We have a Prime Minister who avoids unscripted interviews with journalists, stays conspicuously silent when women protest for their safety but makes selfie videos calling GenZ his 'friends' as he magnanimously forgives them for criticising him?
FYI, none of those kids asked for his forgiveness but got bullied anyway

But apparently, a valid criticism warrants a lecture on civility but citizens demanding accountability warrant a show of force. The priorities are certainly something with PM Modi.

Over 100 million voter names were reportedly deleted through SIR, ...

2026-10-09T15:09:36Z

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Over 100 million voter names were reportedly deleted through SIR, risking the disenfranchisement of eligible voters. An independent electoral institution must not only act impartially but also inspire public confidence in its impartiality.

The right to vote & the right to protest are inseparable.
What good is the right to vote if eligible citizens risk being excluded from electoral rolls?

Electoral integrity demands accountability, something the BJP/ Modi govt is remarkably adept at evading.

A democracy where citizens have to fight to keep their names on ...

2026-10-09T14:57:16Z

A democracy where citizens have to fight to keep their names on voter lists, demand accountability from the Election Commission & struggle to exercise their right to protest is a democracy in trouble.

Ahead of the Oct 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, the BJP govt is deploying 23,000+ security personnel & restricting transport to Delhi.

PM Modi’s fear of dissent is showing. A government confident in its mandate doesn’t need to fear its own people.

How lovely. 😍

2026-10-07T15:52:59Z

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How lovely. 😍

Another morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do not ...

2026-10-06T04:40:09Z

Another morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do not have. I walk out to the pond and all the way God has given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord, I was never a quick scholar but sulked and hunched over my books past the hour and the bell;
grant me, in your mercy, a little more time.
Love for the earth and love for you are having such a long conversation in my heart.

From Thirst by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #trees #banyan #love #nature #photography

Today a men’s rights group posted a video with 15+ men & 2 ...

2026-10-05T17:16:00Z

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Today a men’s rights group posted a video with 15+ men & 2 women holding a poster declaring that “patriarchy protects women, children, elders, family & society.”
Woman in the video is particularly upset that women want the freedom to drink & smoke. In the name of equality, women want freedom to not clean the house, not wash everyone’s utensils, not have children, earn their own money, fulfil their own wishes & live their lives as they please.
Lady, please don’t threaten us with a good time. 😂

It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a ...

2026-10-05T01:31:04Z

It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.

Praying by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #bloomscrolling #moonscrolling #sunrise #love #flowers #nature #photography

Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay ...

2026-10-04T02:44:05Z

Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”

From When I am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver

#silentsunday #bloomscrolling #trees #love #nature #photography

Absolute units of Dahlias 😍

2026-10-04T00:49:24Z

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Absolute units of Dahlias 😍

Absolutely 💯

2026-10-03T05:29:23Z

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Absolutely 💯

Thanks for sharing. Yes, I can see how that can happen. :)

2026-10-03T05:18:58Z

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Thanks for sharing. Yes, I can see how that can happen. :)

We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, ...

2026-10-03T02:42:26Z

We will be known as a culture that feared death
and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity
for the few and cared little for the penury of the
many. We will be known as a culture that taught
and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke
little if at all about the quality of life for
people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All
the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a
commodity.

From Of The Empire by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #blueskies #clouds #nature #love #photography

:)

2026-10-02T15:34:16Z

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:)

Today is the birth anniversary of the one Indian almost everyone ...

2026-10-02T08:46:41Z

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Today is the birth anniversary of the one Indian almost everyone knows -> Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Choosing this day for peaceful protests was intentional.

And what did the Indian government do? Barricade the protest site & send Delhi Police to detain women protesters[mostly students] before they could even begin.

An army of police officers for peaceful women protesters, while women continue to struggle for safety.

Gandhi could lead protests across India because he was a man. I get it now.

These are some of the posters women showed up with. Am I angry ...

2026-10-02T08:29:06Z

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These are some of the posters women showed up with.

Am I angry that women have to take to the streets, hold up these posters & demand the right to live safely? YES.

Am I proud that they are doing it anyway, turning their anger into courage, their voices into protest & their presence into resistance? ABSOLUTELY.

Women should not have to fight this hard simply to exist freely & safely. But here we are in 2026 demanding our right to exist safely.

Proud to see feminists smashing patriarchy. 🙌🏻

-> Ek Kachori, Do Samosa, In Mardon Ka Kya Bharosa 1 Kachori, ...

2026-10-02T08:08:03Z

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-> Ek Kachori, Do Samosa,
In Mardon Ka Kya Bharosa

1 Kachori, 2 Samosa, (Indian snacks)
How can you ever trust these men?

-> Mere sar mein dard hai,
iska kaaran mard hai

My head is in pain & men are to blame.

These are just 2 of the many catchy, rhyming Hindi slogans headlining women’s safety protests in Delhi.
There is no English translation that can truly capture their essence. The wit, rhythm & raw force of the words themselves convey the rage, courage, & defiance of these women.

'and not for the sake of winning but for sheer delight and ...

2026-10-02T03:04:24Z

'and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude --
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing

just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in this broken world.
I beg of you,

do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.

It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be whay Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.'

🤭

2026-10-01T10:30:23Z

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🤭

How lovely! All the very best! 🪷

2026-10-01T08:22:27Z

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How lovely! All the very best! 🪷

same goes for Indian men. 💯 comic!

2026-10-01T07:05:59Z

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same goes for Indian men. 💯 comic!

What I want to say is that the past is the past, and the present ...

2026-10-01T02:26:31Z

What I want to say is
that the past is the past,
and the present is what your life is,
and you are capable
of choosing what that will be,
darling citizen.

So come to the pond,
or the river of your imagination,
or the harbor of your longing,

and put your lips to the world.
And live
your life.

From Mornings at Blackwater by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #sunrise #love #nature #photography

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2026-09-30T14:02:42Z

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??

Yes, it could be that I am a tiny piece of God, and each of you ...

2026-09-30T13:02:10Z

Yes, it could be that I am a tiny piece of God, and
each of you too, or at least
of his intention and his hope.
Which is a delight beyond measure.
I don't know how you get to suspect such an idea.
I only know that the river kept singing.

From At the River Clarion by Mary Oliver

#bonsoir #chai #love #ceramics #photography

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. :)

2026-09-30T03:19:16Z

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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. :)

Let me ask you this. Do you also think that beauty exists for ...

2026-09-30T02:54:33Z

Let me ask you this.
Do you also think that beauty exists for some
fabulous reason?

And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure-
your life--
what would do for you?

From To Begin With, the Sweet Grass by Mary Oliver

#bonjour #love #nature #photography

I hear how deeply painful and exhausting this has been for you. ...

2026-09-29T17:07:57Z

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I hear how deeply painful and exhausting this has been for you. It get that you’re speaking from a place of having witnessed and experienced forms of racism, colorism, casteism, and sexual harm that have left you feeling profoundly betrayed and disgusted. I can understand why you would need to express that anger so strongly, especially when you feel that these harms are repeatedly minimised or ignored. I genuinely hope you find the space, safety and people who allow you to heal. 🙏🏼

Hi Manas, what happened to you sounds deeply traumatic & your ...

2026-09-28T19:00:58Z

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Hi Manas, what happened to you sounds deeply traumatic & your experience of racism, casteism, sexual harassment & institutional failure deserves to be taken seriously. No survivor should ever need to fight to have their humanity recognised. Very sorry you had to go through so much in life.
I’d separate the institutions & people who harmed you from everyone in Waterloo. Your anger & trauma are valid. Hold those responsible accountable without letting their actions define everyone else

Absolutely 💯

2026-09-28T06:50:41Z

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Absolutely 💯

It’s not only poor, uneducated men who commit rape. They are ...

2026-09-28T06:47:43Z

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It’s not only poor, uneducated men who commit rape. They are simply the ones system finds easier to punish. Wealth & status makes accountability harder, be it through settlements, pressure or even preventing cases from being registered.
I live in a country where rape-accused men can enter electoral politics. Well so does America. We know the system continues to protect abusive men when they are wealthy & powerful. They abuse because they believe they can get away with it & they most often do.

Degrees can make a person academically accomplished without ...

2026-09-28T06:37:58Z

Degrees can make a person academically accomplished without necessarily making them educated in empathy, consent or human dignity. I keep saying this to people.
The Cornell 7 case is shocking to many because we struggle to imagine Ivy League students from 'respected families' as capable of sexual violence.
Privilege can shape not only how violence is perpetrated but how readily society recognises it.
When privileged men are accused, institutions tend to prioritise their reputation over justice.

It’s all I have to give, and all anyone needs to live, and to ...

2026-09-26T18:49:32Z

It’s all I have to give,
and all anyone needs to live,
and to go on living inside,
when the world outside
no longer cares if you live or die;
remember,

I love you.

I Am Offering this Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca

#moonscrolling #harvestmoon #love #nature #photography

Beautiful. :)

2026-09-26T16:33:45Z

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Beautiful. :)

There was someone I loved who grew old and ill. One by one I ...

2026-09-26T09:40:12Z

There was someone I loved who grew old and ill.
One by one I watched the fires go out.
There was nothing I could do

except to remember
that we receive
then we give back.

From At the River Clarion by Mary Oliver

#caturday #cats #love #photography

Men face serious violence too but 'not thinking about it' ...

2026-09-26T09:28:34Z

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Men face serious violence too but 'not thinking about it' isn’t the same as not having to think about it. Women's safety concerns also involve harassment, restrictions on mobility & the constant mental calculation of when, where & how we can move through public spaces. The goal should be safer public spaces, not asking women to adopt men’s risk tolerance. Can we talk about women's issues without immediately making them about men?

Delhi University women students marched last night against rising ...

2026-09-26T00:42:02Z

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Delhi University women students marched last night against rising violence against women & restrictions on women’s mobility in the name of 'protection.'
Delhi has a woman CM, yet not a word. Delhi Police were busy detaining women protesters & again, without visible name tags.
And where was Indian PM Modi yesterday? Bhajan clubbing(devotional music gathering) at a park in Delhi. You can't make this up.
Women are demanding the right to exist safely in public spaces. The contrast is infuriating.

Two or three times in my life I discovered love. Each time it ...

2026-09-25T13:01:29Z

Two or three times in my life I
discovered love.
Each time it seemed to solve
everything.
Each time it solved a great many
things
but not everything.
Yet left me as grateful as if it had
indeed, and
thoroughly, solved everything.

From Sometimes by Mary Oliver

#moonscrolling #corvids #harvestmoon #love #gratitude

So true. :)

2026-09-25T12:54:57Z

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So true. :)

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. ...

2026-09-25T12:54:19Z

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.

From Sometimes by Mary Oliver

#sunset #redsky #love #photography

Nothing but Indian mother's obsession with making her son ...

2026-09-25T12:30:50Z

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Nothing but Indian mother's obsession with making her son relevant. If you have money, buy him positions & if you have enough social capital, arrange a marriage so another woman can take care of him.
This isn't even nepotism anymore. We've reached the point where academic positions can apparently be bought as an honour.
And it is deeply insulting to anyone who sees academia as one of the few spaces where intellectual dissent can still challenge, rather than bow to, blatant capitalism.
Ew Ambanis

Thanks for the laugh but Newcastle University are you okay? I get ...

2026-09-25T12:24:11Z

Thanks for the laugh but Newcastle University are you okay?
I get the economy isn't doing great but Anant Ambani as a Professor of Practice in Sustainability? Be serious.
Ambanis are India’s billionaire family who cosplay as the Sanskari(traditional) Kardashians. No amount of money, power or fame ever seems to be enough. They manufacture their own awards & then hand them to themselves. They own media houses so scrutiny around their sustainability practices rarely gets the attention it deserves.

This is why feminist men are so important to the cause of ...

2026-09-25T11:43:48Z

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This is why feminist men are so important to the cause of feminism. If you can recognise these issues & initiate meaningful conversations with women who have been raised in patriarchal societies like our homes (where women's voices are often dismissed even by other women) you can be the changemaker society needs.
Maybe changing the narrative requires someone they are willing to listen to. That's the first step.
Fighting patriarchy requires people of all genders to recognise & challenge it.

Responses to these videos are mostly women wanting to slap or ...

2026-09-25T11:37:25Z

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Responses to these videos are mostly women wanting to slap or curse these women, who in many ways, are no different from our own mothers & aunts.
But ragebait coverage doesn't address the problem. You get your views, your viral clip & move on.
Who is actually going to have a dialogue with these women & help them unlearn this?
Sometimes it takes just one person in a family to change the narrative. It takes conflict, patience & a hell of a lot of unlearning but that is the work waiting to be done.

I just watched news coverage where women on the streets were ...

2026-09-25T11:31:32Z

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I just watched news coverage where women on the streets were asked about recent sexual violence cases. The responses:
-> If she wears short clothes, what else can happen? Even when asked about a 6yo being raped, she blamed the parents.
-> Give women freedom & they get spoiled.
-> A boy and girl entering a park? The guard should throw them out. Both are wrong.
->Why did she come to the park at 7:30 pm? What was her intention?
These aren't just isolated opinions. Patriarchy in real time is this.

Its so pretty.

2026-09-25T07:49:24Z

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Its so pretty.

Thank you for sharing. Yes, I have intentionally travelled across ...

2026-09-25T07:31:32Z

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Thank you for sharing. Yes, I have intentionally travelled across India to witness for myself the lived realities of Indian women, in the capital, in towns & villages.
I've also had the privilege of meeting incredible women from across the world. Beyond feminist literature, some of my deepest learning has come from listening to these women & sharing our experiences.
It has only strengthened my belief in why we must keep speaking, questioning & raging against all things patriarchy.

'Posh' isn’t a status symbol here. It’s to show that ...

2026-09-25T06:33:31Z

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'Posh' isn’t a status symbol here. It’s to show that money cannot buy safety. Women in powerful positions are abused too.
But that’s not the point.
Why should women have to navigate life with endless checks? Where we walk, when we walk, what we wear, who is around?
Why can't I simply breathe, walk, speak my mind & exist with the same freedom as the most ordinary man?
Why do women have to fight for a freedom men are simply allowed to have?
Why? What have men done to deserve that? Its so unfair.

Patriarchy: A Trauma Story I lived in one of the posh South Delhi ...

2026-09-25T06:27:50Z

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Patriarchy: A Trauma Story
I lived in one of the posh South Delhi neighborhood growing up. One December morning, I was walking to a friend’s house to revise for an exam. 10 mins walk. There was a park after almost every block. A man called out from inside the park, in English, asking if I could help him. I asked, With what? He exposed himself & said, 'With this'. I was 16.
Majority of Indian women have different versions of similar public space trauma stories. That's why I am an angry feminist.

It feels insidious & deeply in line with a patriarchal ...

2026-09-25T06:00:06Z

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It feels insidious & deeply in line with a patriarchal mindset that has long sought to keep women confined to the household.
When public spaces become unsafe, women withdraw not because they want to, but because they have to. Every park avoided, every evening walk cancelled, every moment of freedom surrendered quietly pushes women back indoors.
Patriarchy does not operate only through rules & restrictions but it also works through fear. Result-> women lose access to the world outside their homes

If you’ve lived in a concrete jungle like Delhi, you know parks ...

2026-09-25T05:58:00Z

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If you’ve lived in a concrete jungle like Delhi, you know parks are one of the few places where women can breathe(sometimes). Often, simply because other women are around.
When a park is dominated by men, many women stop going. That is the reality.
Think about what that means in a patriarchal society where a girl’s freedom(?) often comes with terms & conditions from the day she is born. Even those few moments of freedom be it walking, sitting, breathing in a public space are being taken away.

Who am I kidding? It’s not as if women are safe before sunset. ...

2026-09-25T00:07:55Z

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Who am I kidding? It’s not as if women are safe before sunset. But the audacity of people who can find an issue with everything, from her clothes & the time of day to her reason for being out in public, while finding reasons to justify the abuse is on another level.
It’s 5:30 am & I would rather be doing anything but talking about this. I see so many Indian women speaking up online. There is anger in their voices but also a deep helplessness. A desperate appeal for something as basic as safety.

This park is adjacent to a women's college. After hearing ...

2026-09-25T00:02:54Z

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This park is adjacent to a women's college. After hearing about the incident, the college administration decided to move classes online temporarily as a safety precaution. You work hard to get into one of the best colleges in India & then end up learning remotely because women cannot be guaranteed safety on the streets around your campus.
Park authorities proposed a new rule-> park closes at sunset.
Women should simply not exist in public after dark if they don't want to be assaulted in India.

I wrote this post in response to a viral video of a minor girl ...

2026-09-24T23:52:47Z

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I wrote this post in response to a viral video of a minor girl who was harassed & assaulted at 7pm while returning from coaching by loser men who were moral policing. The incident is so triggering & what makes it even more disturbing is how quickly a girl’s trauma becomes viral content. No one blurred her face, her abusers wore a mask even when he was arrested. This happened in Bihar & now, its Delhi. A 17 yo girl is gang raped in a park by adult men posing to be police. Again 730 pm in a park.

Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t ...

2026-09-24T12:13:54Z

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Anyway, that’s often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

Mary Oliver.

#poetry #lifelessons

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give ...

2026-09-24T12:12:48Z

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins.

Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver

how beautiful Nathan. 😍

2026-09-23T16:15:57Z

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how beautiful Nathan. 😍

Thank you for sharing this. I am going to make a note of it going ...

2026-09-22T17:26:09Z

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Thank you for sharing this. I am going to make a note of it going forward. Its an interesting line of inquiry.

To answer your first question, I believe it exposes a conflict ...

2026-09-22T15:57:03Z

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To answer your first question, I believe it exposes a conflict between dharma as public duty & justice toward an individual. Ram's concern for what his subjects think is understandable within the epic's model of kingship(contextualising it), but as a woman I will always argue against it. There have been some women with considerable spiritual agency in Vedas & Upanishads but I won't say ashrams gave them equal status to men. I'm yet to come across that in spiritual literature.

I think the most powerful and balancing act of Ramayana for me ...

2026-09-22T15:39:05Z

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I think the most powerful and balancing act of Ramayana for me personally is when Sita makes her oath to the Earth. That if she has been faithful to Rama in thought, word & deed, may the Earth receive her. The Earth goddess rises, embraces her & takes her back. Its not as much as proving her purity but to finally leave with grace & dignity for me.

That’s the contradiction that has always struck me as absurd. ...

2026-09-22T15:33:55Z

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That’s the contradiction that has always struck me as absurd. Ayodhya is described as a place where women could move freely and safely, yet Sita is later made to prove her purity after being abducted through no fault of her own. Again expectations from only one gender. So perhaps women’s physical freedom existed alongside very strong patriarchal expectations around sexuality & honour. The 'what will people say?' nonsense that pervades Indian society now was a problem then as well.

Patriarchy truly sucks because it taught generations of women to ...

2026-09-22T14:33:02Z

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Patriarchy truly sucks because it taught generations of women to measure their worth by how little they needed & how much they could give, while teaching them that the work that consumed their lives was simply their duty, not work.
The thing about unpaid care work is that it is so constant, so woven into life, that the person doing it can eventually stop seeing it as labour at all.
That is what patriarchy does. It doesn’t just undervalue women’s work. it teaches women to undervalue it themselves

Meet my beautiful ammamma, we went for her eye checkup. Got a ...

2026-09-22T14:29:37Z

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Meet my beautiful ammamma, we went for her eye checkup. Got a plenty of time to catchup. She told me Thatha(her husband) used to leave for work at 730 am & return at 11 pm. She took care of her 2 kids, their education & well being, household chores & paying bills, alone all those years. She doesn't consider that as work. Though it consumed her life. In her mind, her contribution to the family was significantly less because she wasn’t the one earning the money for family. Patriarchy truly sucks.

Agree.

2026-09-22T13:42:39Z

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Agree.

This is why I am angry. This is why I am a feminist. Because ...

2026-09-22T10:07:33Z

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This is why I am angry. This is why I am a feminist. Because women are still expected to organise their lives around the possibility of male violence. To be careful, accommodating & vigilant, while the freedom to simply exist is treated as a privilege.
And then, when something happens, we get outrage, hashtags & other crap.
But women live with the fear long after the news cycle ends.
I don't want women to become better at navigating a dangerous world. I want a world in which women don't have to.

How much of a woman’s life is spent worrying about her safety? ...

2026-09-22T10:05:49Z

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How much of a woman’s life is spent worrying about her safety?
Energy spent being careful in public spaces, watching who is around, checking the time, planning the route home & far too often, being cautious even in private spaces.
How much of her potential remains unrealised because fear is always occupying a corner of her mind?
We talk about women’s safety as statistics, headlines & outrage cycles.
How much more could women do if they didn’t have to spend so much of their lives staying safe?

Women’s safety in India is a joke until a harassment video goes ...

2026-09-22T10:04:21Z

Women’s safety in India is a joke until a harassment video goes viral.
Then the opposition seizes the opportunity to attack the government, conveniently forgetting they did the same when in power. News channels run the story 24/7, often replaying the same disturbing footage until it crawls under the skin of women across the country, triggering their worst nightmares. Male panelists are invited to discuss women’s safety. Influencers find a way to make it about themselves.
And the cycle continues.

it's like a painting 😍

2026-09-22T08:40:45Z

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it's like a painting 😍

how cool is this. :)

2026-09-21T17:11:55Z

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how cool is this. :)

What Perry said.

2026-09-21T17:03:24Z

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What Perry said.

I am enjoying reading Devotions so much. If you can find copy of ...

2026-09-21T08:53:33Z

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I am enjoying reading Devotions so much. If you can find copy of Mary Oliver's Devotions, please get it. Its a treasure indeed. :)

Agree 💯

2026-09-21T08:48:00Z

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Agree 💯

Even with the highly subsidised prices, the truly gareeb(poor) ...

2026-09-21T08:46:37Z

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Even with the highly subsidised prices, the truly gareeb(poor) ones can't afford this affordable chariot. :) we love to romanticise all our isms(class/caste/colonial/national etc) only way the privilege & entitlement that comes with it can continue to survive.

I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and ...

2026-09-21T08:42:26Z

I have refused to live
locked in the orderly house
of reasons and proofs.
The world I live in and believe in
is wider than that. And anyway,
what's wrong with Maybe?

You wouldn't believe what once or
twice I have seen. I'll just
tell you this:
only if there are angels in your head will you
ever, possibly, see one.

The World I Live In by Mary Oliver

#monochromemonday #snowfall #pinetrees #love #nature #photography

I was wondering whether this marketing approach is largely ...

2026-09-21T08:25:34Z

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I was wondering whether this marketing approach is largely limited to lower or middle income countries, where people may be less outraged by corporate audacity because we already have our daily quota of humiliating things to be outraged about.

:)

2026-09-21T08:11:56Z

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:)

There’s something uncomfortable about corporations turning ...

2026-09-21T08:11:07Z

There’s something uncomfortable about corporations turning employees’ personal stories & photographs into branding. The stories may be genuine but when a worker’s hardship or journey becomes part of the company’s image, it’s worth asking-> who benefits from the story & what gets left out?
Also curious if its only in India or other places where Amazon is marketing like this? #Amazon

haha 😄

2026-09-19T16:01:52Z

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haha 😄

#blueskies #sunset #corvids #love #photography ...

2026-09-18T16:49:27Z

#blueskies #sunset #corvids #love #photography

I will absolutely judge a book by its cover when the name on that ...

2026-09-18T09:45:14Z

I will absolutely judge a book by its cover when the name on that cover is Mary Oliver and the picture is her feeding a warbler. I will judge it real good.
#bookscrolling #love #poetry #photography

how beautiful 😍 congratulations you deserved it!

2026-09-17T11:24:19Z

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how beautiful 😍 congratulations you deserved it!

'If you have love in your heart, you always have something to ...

2026-09-16T17:00:43Z

'If you have love in your heart,
you always have something to give.'

#quoteoftheday #love #reflections #photography