Archive - Immortal for a Moment by Natasha Badhwar

Stories that demand to be told | #6

Home and roam are rhyming words and other lessons in intimacy, loss and recovery.

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jul 23

Stories that demand to be told | #5

"Fortunately, on most days, I don’t wish us all dead. I am filled with deep gratitude...Despite the ever-present pinch of sorrow at the very centre my…

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jul 14

Stories that demand to be told | #4

A doorbell rings. On one side of the door, a 12-year-old injured child, still in shock. On the other side, her unsuspecting mother...

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jul 10

June 2024

Stories that demand to be told | #3

Marie Kondo would have fainted in my house. But aren’t objects fantastic for a child with imagination? Use your mother’s bangle to draw the earth, and…

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jun 30

Stories that demand to be told | #2

"My Dad’s moustache is my twin. Living a watchful life under the eyes of my father. A snip when it grows unwieldy. A caress when it wants one."

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jun 22

Stories that demand to be told | #1

Ten plus two excellent essays by writers from the Ochre Sky Universe

Published on Ochre Sky Stories • Jun 15

Of Surekha Pillai and unlocked superpowers

Surekha had been a moment of wild illumination. I cannot disobey her after she is gone. Otherwise there will be no meaning in the fact that she was…

Jun 11 •

Natasha Badhwar

May 2024

5 roundabout ways to make your marriage work

Be busy. Be scarce. Be absent-minded. Shake off expectations like a bird caught in the rain.

May 30 •

Natasha Badhwar

I'm scared but I'll do it

I would do nothing in life if I waited to stop feeling afraid of it first. (Plus details of the next Ochre Sky Memoir workshops)

May 9 •

Natasha Badhwar

April 2024

Letting Go of Hurt, Restorying our Lives

A doorbell rings. On one side of the door, a 12-year-old injured child, still in shock. On the other side, her unsuspecting mother.

Apr 26 •

Natasha Badhwar

Make a promise to never abandon yourself again

You feel exhausted because no one stood up for you. You neglected your own self in the hope of being able to save something that might have been…

Apr 10 •

Natasha Badhwar

March 2024

Polite Little Girl - No More

“I cannot forgive the men who abused me. I do not know how to and they do not deserve it. I forgive myself instead," writes Samira Gupta, in this…

Mar 22 •

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