by Taruna Hariparsad The first part of this series dealt with the various challenges associated with lockdown, particularly the restrictions on alcohol and the issue of alcohol and substance abuse itself. Six months later, people do not seem too fussed about alcohol restrictions, accurately predicting when it will be banned and stocking up. However, […]
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by Taruna Hariparsad Growing up in a fairly conservative Indian household, sex was something not really spoken about. Sex work, well that was taboo. I had never really given much thought to it, other than what I had been taught as a kid “prostitution is bad”. During my brief stint working for a political
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by Taruna Hariparsad Apocalypse- this must be the most used word of 2020. From the Covid-19 pandemic, to murder hornets and what seems like the gradual fall of democracy across the globe, the 2021 New Year started off with an all too familiar, “my fellow South Africans”, sending us into another restrictive lockdown
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by Taruna Hariparsad Imposter syndrome is defined as “a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success”. It manifests as that feeling of panic you get when someone compliments your work because you wonder “is this really good work?”. While most people at some point experience this, research shows that people of
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by Taruna Hariparsad Since moving to Cape Town in 2016, one aspect that has stuck out for me is the city’s relationship with homeless people, sometimes referred to as “street people” or “vagrants”. As a small and increasingly dense city, in Cape Town, you are confronted with homelessness in a way I have not
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