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An ode to the women’s bathroom

(10/27/23 4:00am)

For every line I wait in to buy a ticket to a concert, a play or a sporting event, I wait in a line profoundly longer when I am actually there to use the washrooms. There is massive inequity in the way men’s and the way women’s bathrooms are constructed, which is why women often experience significantly longer wait times in public places than men do. And while that is an incredibly important conversation to have, that is not the focus of this article. The focus of this article is how women’s restrooms are places where we, unabashedly and without inhibition, uplift each other.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/10/102723-dhingra-ode-to-the-womens-bathroom

Call your mom back

(10/13/23 4:00am)

Before Duke, I had never lived alone. The longest I had been away from my family was a few weeks at a journalism camp, as a high school freshman, and I called my mom thrice every day. And then, after what felt like two straight years of repeated lockdowns, I was boarding a flight to a different continent. From seeing them every waking minute to committing to seeing my family for less than two months a year, I decided that my ambition and the Duke name on my resume was worth missing everyone and everything.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/10/dhingra-101323-call-your-mom-back

In defense of the arts

(09/29/23 4:00am)

In a transcript otherwise lined with intro psychology and econometrics classes, you would see some rather lovely classes I took; occasionally choosing buildings decorated with covers of books and posters of movies over the usual sleeker decor choices and flyers for consulting recruitment. The creative nonfiction class from freshman spring. A satire house course. A class about photography and American towns that I occasionally move around on my planner in DukeHub.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/09/092923-dhingra-defense-of-the-arts