4 Quotes & Sayings By Sandhya Menon

Sandhya Menon is a writer and national award-winning journalist. She started writing for national dailies at the age of 17, and has worked in print and television journalism since her graduation from JNU in 2003. She has written extensively on issues of gender and sexuality, and was a member of the editorial board of The Statesman, India's leading national daily newspaper, while writing her first book. She is the author of two books: The Feminine Mystique and Why Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts: A Love Story, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2008 Read more

She also wrote two anthologies on feminism for Penguin India: A Revolution Waiting To Happen: Women Writing About Feminism (2007) and A Twenty-First Century Anthology on Feminism (2008).

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You're going to see a lot of it.  People getting ahead unfairly because of the category into which they were born: male or white or straight or rich. I'm in a few of those categories myself, which is why I make it a point to reach out and help those who aren't, those who might not necessarily be seen if I didn't make the effort. We need to shake this field up, you know? We need more people with different points of view and experiences and thought processes so we can keep innovating and moving ahead. Sandhya Menon
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Dimple didn’t want to admit how much what he was saying resonated with her. Loneliness. That’s what he was describing. And she’d felt it so much it had become like a constant presence in her life, curled up against her like a sleeping cat. “I know what you mean, ” she said softly. “Unfortunately. Sandhya Menon
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When the finally pulled apart, Rishi's mouth tingling still, Dimple smiled shyly and looked down at their hands, entwined between them on the bench. "So, " she said softly. "That was unexpected." He leaned over and kissed her forehead, like it was the most natural thing to do. Was this going to be their thing now, casual kissing? He hoped so. "Unexpected but awesome." Rishi paused. "Right?"She laughed and looked up at him. "Definitely."He grinned, his heart soaked in happy. . Sandhya Menon