Sreemoyee Mukherjee, Author at Arré

If You’re Friends With a Sexual Harasser, You’re Part of the Problem Too

The toxic reaction to Tanushree Dutta’s attempt to share her story of harassment by Nana Patekar underlines how it isn’t just a victim’s responsibility to speak up. It took my friend being publicly accused of harassment for me to see I’d played my part in the crime by not confronting him when I should have.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee June 19, 2016

POV

Why an Ordinance is Not the Right Approach to Amending the Aadhaar Act

The furore at the border meant that there was neither the time nor the mental space for people or the media to truly examine the significance of the ordinance amending the rules around the Aadhaar Act. It isn’t just the timing that’s problematic, it’s the fact that the Cabinet has used the ordinance to bypass normal legislative process.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee June 16, 2016

Love and Sex

Dear Men, Please Stop Asking Us “Did You Like It?” Just After Sex

For women, “Did you like it?” is always a loaded question. Not because, we don’t know the answer to it. But how on earth do we answer it with honesty without making our partners feel insecure, defensive, or insulted?

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 31, 2016

POV

“Bro, Hindi Mein Bol Na!” What I Miss the Most in Hindi-Speaking Delhi is My Mother Tongue

As someone who was rebuked back home in Kolkata for speaking too much English and not enough Bangla, I never imagined what I’d miss the most after moving to a new city is my mother tongue.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 17, 2016

POV

Do Mainland Indians Have the Right to Impose Our Nationalism on the People of Andaman & Nicobar?

The Andaman & Nicobar islands are at best an oddity forced onto the consciousness of us mainlanders. The archipelago’s location and exoticism makes it ideal for vacations. However, as a part of the nation of India, it receives only irresponsibility, forgetfulness, and exploitation.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 15, 2016

POV

Jamal Khashoggi, and the Thankless Life (and Death) of Journalists

Informing the public at the cost of their personal safety and liberty, journalists walk a razor’s edge. But what’s worse than our increasing disregard for the freedom of press? The fact that we continue to enjoy the benefits of a free press – but don’t want to sign up for the fight that is required to preserve it.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 11, 2016

Bollywood

Is Radhika Apte Now Bollywood’s Token Angry Feminist?

There’s a new stock character type in Bollywood, and she is the token feminist. Always powerful, headstrong, and argumentative, you’ll see her in everything from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil to Sacred Games. She’s the effeminate gay man of this decade.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee April 8, 2016

Gender

We Made It to Sabarimala. What About Our Right to Pray at Home?

Confronting my grandmother about my sister’s participation in a house puja while she was on her period turned into a four-hour screaming match. At the end of it all, grandma allowed her to wash some puja utensils, but I still lost. I could not convince her to change her belief.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee March 16, 2016