Let's Talk about Hair For years I watched as my long strands tangled tightly into my hairbrushes while blow-drying...Still, hair (and lack thereof) has always been something of a discussion point among the women in my family. Piyali Bhattacharya gives us a compelling insight into how hair is interlocked with a 'desi' woman's identity. View |
Let’s talk about… V-Day “My Angry Vagina” was probably written for an American woman with a lot of attitude....". EGO presents, resident feminist columnist, Piyali Bhattacharya's take on V-Day (i.e.: Valentines day in feminist speak) through the lens of Eve Ensler's famous (or perhaps infamous ?), 'The Vagina Monologues'. View |
Let’s talk about… Parents EGO's resident feminist columnist Piyali Bhattacharya writes about negotiating adult relationships with parents and presents a call to Asian writers in the Diaspora to submit their works for an anthology she's working on: MAMA SAYS GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS View |
Let’s talk about… Celebrities Not very often do you find Mythili Prakash, Medha Patkar, Susheela Raman, Ginu Kamani and Rachel Roy on the same list. EGO's resident feminist columnist Piyali Bhattacharya, informs us why these are precisely the five women who make her "must-meet" personalities list. View |
Let's talk about...Body Image How's a girl with a fuller body to survive the onslaught of skinny media imagery?Earlier this year the London Times wrote about the 'Triumph of Curves' so there's hope that womens' fecundity will finally be celebrated. EGO columnist Piyali Bhattacharya delves into issues of body image in the EGOFemme section. View |
Let’s talk about… The Holidays I love the holidays. The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is unabashedly my favorite time of year… maybe second only to Durga Puja. But the fact is that Durga Puja is only Durga Puja in Calcutta. And Thanksgiving and Christmas? Well, you’ve got to hand it to New York View |
Arranged Marriage It’s time to engage with an issue that many readers have been asking me to comment on, and that would be the big AM: Arranged Marriage. A term that any young Desi worth her salt has passionate views on... Explore the term and its implications on EGO's fortnightly 'Let's talk about' series by Piyali Bhattacharya. View |
Let’s talk about… ..Facebook To announce the engagement on Facebook or not? For anyone else, this would be a simple question. Not so for your average Desi-American girl. Putting something like an engagement up on Facebook is a highly politicized affair. Recently engaged EGO contributor, Piyali Bhattacharya shares a familiar dilemma. View |
Let’s talk about… Med School Med School: the two words that every Desi kid in the States at least considers at some point. I gave up the dream nice and early… my parents realized my talents lay elsewhere...My brother, though, was a different story...Piyali Bhattacharya talks about the med-school compulsion within the diaspora. View |
Let's talk about ...Devi Worship "The third eye, the Bindi, the all-knowing Mother. Madonna’s mysterious mania over mehendi and Ma Kali… We’re not unused to images of the Devi popping up all over the place as pop culture goes global". Piyali Bhattacharya focusses on how the yearly celebration of the Mother Goddess essentially acknowledges female power. View |
