Rumki Chowdhury

Jun 16, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Rumki Chowdhury

6 min read As I ran my fingers through a heavily-embroidered South Asian piece of fabric — its threadwork so rich as well as the color — I remember thinking how perfect it would be as my Eid ul-Adha attire. Then…something hit me. My mind immediately flashed back to my colleague, who showed me a picture of her at her relative’s wedding: she described the loose-fitting black outfit, vibrant with red threadwork, she had worn.

Nov 10, 2023 | shorturl.at | Sangeeta Pillai |Rumki Chowdhury |Anita Haridat

5 min read I have many happy memories of celebrating Diwali as a child in suburban Mumbai. Looking back though, I realise that my favourite festival stands on the foundations of patriarchy. At home, all the labour that went into making Diwali special was borne by my mother. She’d wake up early for weeks to clean the house, mop the floors, make the sweets and clean the diyas.