Every young woman needs that someone who shows her what she can be. Each of us has it in us to be that someone who shows another what they can be.

The once happy, driven and confident Rushali became a subservient, docile and low-spirited bahu in less than two months of her marriage.

I was so startled by the wisdom in her answer. The realization was at once liberating and also heart breaking.

It is undeniably true that society's beauty and body standards have an adverse effect on people. For years now, the 'perfect Indian woman' has been portrayed by the media as fair-skinned with Eurocentric features.

The 90s childhood was joyous-playing till late, 7 kids balancing on a cycle & falling down, collecting caterpillars & building bridges for frogs.