This idea of silencing a girl from sharing things at her home needs to be stopped. If you don't want anybody to know it, don't do it at all.

Let's hold accountable the husbands and in-laws who callously murder women when dissatisfied with the dowry, and parents who raise daughters to be 'good wives and daughters in law'.

Women, let's refuse the crumbs of power that patriarchy throws at us to keep us chained, and find our identity and power within.

What do you do when your abuser is your own husband? And you have to prove to society, time and again, that yes, it was abuse?

To tell you honestly, the concept of a traditional Indian marriage totally misses the mark for me. Here's why.