Akshita Gupta

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Akshita Gupta

There is something cinematic about longingJust like these old, dried, and colourless flowers,my memory of you has faded. But no new bloomcan replace what these mean to me. Still, I hold onuntil the last petal falls. People say it’s foolish,clinging to something long gone. But I’m not holding onto the flowersI’m holding onto something they’ll never know. In my mind,I’ve let it go. But my heartfinds you in my quite momentsSome things don’t die. They live with us. In our hearts, they stay alive.

1 month ago | giejournal.org | Achintya D Singh |Akshita Gupta |Neal A. Mehta

1Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA2Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA3Department of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA4Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA5Sanford R.

2 months ago | medium.com | Akshita Gupta

FASHION!, One thing about me that everyone close to me knows is that I love it. I just love fashion. Ever since I was a child, I had a thing for it. By which I not at all mean overly expensive clothes or beautification. I mean – art is beautiful and often expensive,but that’s not the main purpose of it. And that’s especially not how an artist thinks while creating one. That’s exactly how I see fashion. And if you’re a fashion geek like myself – you’d relate.

2 months ago | medium.com | Akshita Gupta

Today, I was watching a short film on female genital mutilation…And my brain, my heart were floodedwith wonder and grief. I kept thinking What could be worse than not feeling safe in your own home? And then I rememberedFor women, that feeling has existed for centuries. “Beti paray ghar ki hoti hai.”Especially in India,girls are taught – sometimes from childhood,if not by adolescencethat they don’t belong here. That their life is a preparationto fit into someone else’s house.

2 months ago | medium.com | Akshita Gupta

Akshita Gupta·Follow2 min read·--As I dive deeper into researching gender specifically the experiences and struggles of women I find myself constantly confronting a frustrating pattern in societal discourse. Any time we speak up about the injustices women face, there’s always that one dismissive voice: “But women commit crimes too.”Yes, women can commit crimes. Yes, there are rare cases where a man might be harmed by a woman to a grave extent. But let’s be clear those are individual crimes.