Capturing the Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life....

  March 8 arrives each year with pink banners, corporate seminars, and inspirational quotes about strong women. But beyond the glitter lie questions we rarely ask - about workplace harassment, invisible labour, policies that remain posters, and the simple right of women to rest. A reflection on the politics of celebrating women for one day. The Colour of One Day: Rethinking International Women’s Day The Annual Awakening International Women’s Day is that curious time of the year when the world suddenly remembers that women exist. For one brief, glorious moment, societies that otherwise move along quite comfortably - occasionally tripping over centuries of patriarchy without noticing - pause to celebrate womanhood. On this day, the colour pink erupts everywhere. Social media timelines resemble a coordinated flamingo migration. Corporate presentations acquire suspiciously rosy templates. Institutions organise seminars, panel discussions, and photo sessions that proclaim their unwaveri...

Some follow inherited recipes. Some experiment. Some burn and begin again. Life, like cooking, belongs to the daring. Life Is Not a Fixed Recipe Every life is a dish in the making. We are handed a kitchen not of our choosing - a geography, a family, a language, a body, a history simmering long before we arrive. These are our first ingredients. Some are fresh and abundant. Some are scarce. Some are already bruised by time. Not everyone has access to saffron and almonds. Not everyone begins with fragrant spices. Privilege, like premium produce, is unevenly distributed. But ingredients alone do not decide the meal. The chef matters. Life is shaped not only by what we inherit but by what we select. Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, the dish grows aromatic. Add patience, curiosity, tenderness, the life grows textured. Garnish with laughter, resilience, wonder and suddenly the ordinary becomes luminous. Yet even the finest ingredients, left unattended, can spoil. And even modest ingredients,...