Tea Talk

By Reena Daruwalla
In India it is never Aunt – it is always Aunty – and we have a positive Aunty Syndrome here. It is a ubiquitous term of address – and depending upon which rung of the socio-economic hierarchy a woman occupies she will take it as a respectful form of address or an outright [...]

By Reena Daruwella
When you have been wronged, wounded, slighted, been made to feel ineffectual or small; all due to the perceived malice of another, forgiveness can seem difficult; indeed it may seem impossible to begin with.
At that stage, forgiveness seems not only difficult; it may actually feel like a cop out; as though you are [...]

By Reena Daruwalla
Today when you walk into an Indian supermarket you are confronted with all manner of grooming and beauty products: for your skin, hair, face, feet, hands, you name it. In spite of these modern conveniences however, Indian women do still depend upon traditionally used herbs and unctions and pastes for their beauty routines. [...]

By Reena Daruwalla
Yes, tea is the cup that calms, the cup that comforts, the cup that cheers and also the cup that cures; but as well as all this, it is the cup that unifies. Consider for one, how a number of women from different walks of life and very diverse backgrounds; even from far [...]