My father trained court pages I learnt dancing, reading, drawing, fencing With them Dressed like them too Beat them all at fencing When I was fourteen I became the Count d’Armaganac’s mistress He married...
I could cook and clean But I did not love to My love was math I solved logical puzzles in minutes At childhood parties My mathematician father’s genes. I could have taught French and...
“Man is as good As all the laws, influences, institutions Allow him to be.” Since laws are stacked against us Man exploits us. “What has man ever done That woman Under the same advantages...
I wanted to become a doctor After my friend fell ill and said “If I had a woman doctor I might have suffered less.” Doctors said, “Disguise yourself as a man If you want...
My very name was a flourish Befitting a painter. I chose to paint women Someone had to A man wasn’t going to show us The way we were, would he? I thought my teacher,...
Arjun asks something that even I was wondering about. Krishna says renounce activity and also says do your karma, so which is better? Krishna says it’s easier to reach salvation if you are first...
Krishna talks about how some do a ritual yagna to a deity, while others offer to the fire of brahman. What do they offer? The pleasures of the senses, to the fire of discipline....
Arjun wants more explanation about karma, so Krishna elaborates on this topic. Two paths will take us forward- Samkhya or knowledge and Karma Yoga or mindful action. Krishna points out that we need to...
Krishna encourages Arjun to fight, saying that since our bodies are first those of children, then adults and then of old people, he should not feel bad about taking up arms. Our bodies are...
Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita sets the stage for the fight between good and evil, between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It’s a fight on the battlefield and within the self, as Arjun...