Today marks 22 years since Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone introduced us to The Boy Who Lived. There was a time when I couldn’t get enough of Hogwarts and its magical folk. But now I think the Potterverse is exploited beyond imagination and it’s time to say goodbye.

Have I failed as a mother if my son is not acing every single life experience just because I chose chor-police over chess mastery?

I find Punjabi gaalis to be as satisfying as cheating on my strict vegan diet with a generous helping of mac and cheese.

Sneaking in episodes of shows that you and your partner are supposed to be watching together is the biggest betrayal of trust in 2019. That’s what I call TV infidelity; it is real and it is tempting.

Every Indian woman is probably used to hearing, “You look good in a saree”, even if they’re on their deathbed and the only thing they can wear is a hospital gown. So why don’t we encourage the Indian man to put on the humble dhoti?

Hoping to secure a better future for her children, Sarita Bahadur decided to smuggle charas across the Indo-Nepal border in an ingeniously designed jacket.

My father for the longest time believed going cashless equals being careless. He is from a generation that believes in keeping cash in hand. I’m slowly trying to convert him.

I still remember what it was like on 25 June, 1983, the day India beat West Indies to win its maiden cricket World Cup, an odd thing to say about an event that occurred before one’s lifetime. But pieced together from anecdotes told over innumerable lunches, I know exactly how it all happened.

Seven years ago, Anurag Kashyap gifted us Gangs of Wasseypur, a gangster epic we could proudly call our own. Perhaps even more than the film’s masterful characters, it’s quotable dialogues have achieved cult status. Tigmanshu Dhulia makes “bhosdi ke” sound poetic while Manoj Bajpayee takes everyday cuss words and elevates them to something Voltaire would be proud of.

Mindy Kaling is everywhere, but despite her laundry list of achievements, she doesn’t fit the mould of the typical comedy “cool girl”. Instead, she explores the awkward hilarity of navigating a world where you very obviously don’t fit in. Her rebellion is against people’s perception of the uptight immigrant girl.