Jackie Thakkar, Author at Arré

20 Years of Biwi No. 1: David Dhawan Ko Maaf Karna, Om Sai Ram

David Dhawan’s filmography includes comedies like Saajan Chale Sasural, Gharwali Baharwali, and Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahi Bolta, all of which to some extent glamourise men that cheat on their wives. 1999’s Biwi No. 1 is no different.

Jackie Thakkar March 14, 2016

POV

People, Learn to Take a Friggin’ Compliment

I respond to compliments the way the Indian cricket fan responds to Virat Kohli’s poor performance – by showing zero chill. My first instinct is to assume that the person giving the compliment is either taking the piss out of me or wants a huge-ass favour.

Jackie Thakkar March 11, 2016

Love and Sex

Everyday I’m Cuddlin’: The Secret to a Healthy Relationship is Lying in Your Partner’s Arms

No condom can prevent you from catching feels. And despite our Tinder generation’s collective aversion to long term-romances, most of us are still just looking for a pair of non-judgey arms to fall asleep in.

Jackie Thakkar March 8, 2016

Love and Sex

Why You Should Swipe Right on Promiscuity Before Marriage

“Sowing your wild oats” is an age-old, regressive idea ascribed to young men before the “settle down” phase. I’ve never set store by it, but watching my young friends seek sex outside marriage, I wonder if there is something to the theory. If we don’t play the field enough before shaadi, will we experience FOMO?

Jackie Thakkar March 5, 2016

Love and Sex

Sexting for the Obsessive Grammar Geek

Every pleb who has read an Immanuel Kant quote can call himself a sapiosexual. But I represent a more complex sub-branch of sapiosexuality. I have a sesquipedalian fetish, which means my dating life is very complicated.

Jackie Thakkar March 4, 2016

Love and Sex

Love Hurts: Is Millennial Commitment Phobia a Lifestyle Choice or Defense Mechanism?

Millennials' fear of commitment is like the exhaustion that sets in by the time you give your third KT exam in a subject that you’re just beginning to think isn’t one in which you will ever excel. We're tired of trying, failing, trying again, and failing again.

Jackie Thakkar March 1, 2016