PCOD Archives

PCOS, the Condition Every Other Indian Woman Experiences But Doesn’t Talk About

When Sara Ali Khan spoke about PCOS on a Koffee with Karan episode, I screamed, “Go girl”. I’d had the disorder – which affects one in 10 Indian women – for years before I sought help for it. But if it is so common, why are we so afraid and ashamed to talk about it?

Mavis D'Silva July 8, 2016

First Person

Confessions of a Half-Mother: Why I Had an Abortion Even Though I Wanted to Keep the Baby

My mother and father have no idea about my out-of-wedlock pregnancy and abortion. My baby was the final price I have paid in the lifelong war between living life on my terms and allowing my parents’ need to maintain a facade of being the “adarsh” family.

Anonymous April 20, 2016