Tillotama Shome Instagram – Good /bad Long/Short  Tamable/Unmanageable  Too little /Too much Glossy/  Dull Purity/Loss Privelege/Protest The narrative around hair and womanhood is mired indeep history and politics of class, caste, power, culture, religion….I know it’s a signifier of many things that have been used to control and to disrupt. But what does it have to do with me? This is the second time I walked away from an infuriatingly regressive situation at work and my instinct was to shave a part of my hair off. And both times i felt an immediate sense of freedom. I have been told repeatedly that hair like this will limit my choices at work as an ‘Indian woman’. Are we not already working in a very limiting situation? This is not to be edgy, bold, wild etc , it’s an instinct to feel lighter and not succumb to some notion of viability as an actor. My hair can grow back, it’s in the public space unlike my ovaries but it’s also personal and changeable. So chal yaar , I cut my hair and wore the brightest colour I had and went and saw five beautiful films.