31st March 2025
I don’t know who needs to read this or how it will reach them, but what I experienced today was beyond anything I could have ever imagined. It was moving, overwhelming, and profound. And while it is my greatest honor that this blog is about her—my best friend, my elder sister by choice, my family—what she did today was something beyond words. In India, for centuries, She/Her has been treated as a word of weakness. The yearning for a son after the birth of a daughter is still deeply rooted in our society. But today, she was the strongest person I have ever seen, a failing proof of this ideology. I have been surrounded by strong women all my life, but if I feel compelled to write about her today, it is because she stood as the epitome of strength. She, my guide in life, my partner in building a home in an unfamiliar city, the one who has taught me everything—from karma to relationships, from career to finances. I feel like i was made of soft clay and she shaped my ideologies, making it m...