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About the AuthorShreya Sen-Handley
Shreya Sen-Handley is the author of the award-winning 'Memoirs of My Body', short story collection 'Strange', and new travelogue 'Handle With Care', and a columnist and playwright. Her Twitter and Insta handle is @shreyasenhan.
    The difference in heights between the two stars, Sushmita and Riya Sen, is intriguing, to say the least.Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Heightism the long and the short of it

    Some refer to us as vertically challenged' when trying to be polite

    10 Oct 2021 9:10 AM IST

    The anger of men remains more acceptable than that of women, especially women of colour. (Twitter)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Square up in Kabul, look forward in rage

    Behind every successful pacific political movement, there's controlled, empowering anger

    5 Sept 2021 2:41 AM IST

    Erik Renssen, Woman writing a letter, 2018, renssenartgalley.comOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Unfriend social media, it is time to get real'

    It reduces interaction to likes and emojis, quantity, not quality, with little distinction made between genuine buds and...

    1 Aug 2021 7:33 AM IST

    The author in her garden, showing off her purple streaks.Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | The wonder years start at 50

    But if growing up is getting to fifty then it isn't miles away, and with my two left feet, dancing's not on my bucket...

    27 Jun 2021 12:10 AM IST

    On solo commutes, we should cycle everywhere we can, switching to green public transport where cycling might be hazardous, with the occasional use of an electric car when transporting the whole clan. (By arrangement)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Back to the future', with a ticket to ride

    This pandemic has opened my eyes to what's essential in my life; that which provides long-term joy over short-lived...

    30 May 2021 7:44 AM IST

    Weve all been here before; reassured by our leaders that theyll take firm steps to protect women, we watch history repeating as they blithely fail. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Connecting the Dots

    After rampaging diseases, our single biggest problem is male violence

    28 March 2021 4:21 AM IST

    Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Bedroom in Arles, 1888Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

    Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

    28 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Trump, and the art of leaving

    But was it also Trump's bid to trash Washington and American democracy, if he could no longer preside over it

    24 Jan 2021 7:29 AM IST

    Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the seasons first snowfall earlier this month. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Winter upon us, so's the season of scapegoating

    Winter is nearly here, and will be a long litany of horrors, unless we act to prevent them.

    1 Nov 2020 4:51 PM IST

    Picture credits: Stephen HandleyOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | A Kolkata Kumroween' & other COVID sacrifices

    There can be no Kumroween this year. No festivities of any sort for us in Kolkata

    4 Oct 2020 6:23 PM IST

    A couple kiss as they visit an outdoor light immersive experience exhibition during the 2020 Beijing International Light Festival at a park in Beijing. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | The pandemic kissiquette

    Since kissing from two metres away is a physical impossibility, this rule isn't hard to maintain except for politicians...

    28 Aug 2020 8:00 PM IST

    Of course China and India are not the only perpetrators, or even the worst. Historically the European nations have displayed an enormous appetite for appropriation. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Is nationality fluid, are borders futile?

    What are borders but human constructs, appealing to our basest instincts cruelty and greed?

    6 July 2020 7:05 PM IST

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