A little while ago, one afternoon, I picked up my eldest daughter from school. As is customary, she narrated to me the eventful portions...

When I was nine or ten, I went through a phase where I was obsessed with learning 'big' words. Whether I was finishing schoolwork or...

I know. I’ve been a part and parcel of the same system. Yet, I am constantly troubled by its persistent fixation on fair skin and shallow...