Aastha Anupriya, Author at Arré

I Enjoy Being Alone But I Wasn’t Prepared for Loneliness that Comes With a Lockdown

It has been three weeks of being on my own, three weeks of serious loneliness. I quite enjoyed being alone. Now, a sequence plays on loop in my head, where I fall on the tiled floor with a thud, hit my head, and that’s the end. Nobody comes to my rescue, nobody dials 108 for an ambulance.

Aastha Anupriya June 20, 2016

Gender

Caste & Rape Have Always Gone Hand in Hand. The Hathras Case is Only Following a Template

It is on the bodies and psyche of Dalit and Adivasi women, that men have written the narrative of upper-caste and male supremacy. A campaign is now underway to deny the role of caste in the Hathras gang-rape. It isn’t very different from what we’ve witnessed in the Khairlanji massacre or the Bhanwari Devi case.

Aastha Anupriya June 8, 2016

First Person

Why Leaving Campus Reminds Me of an Amicable Divorce

Graduating from college, if you’ve lived on campus, is like a bittersweet parting, like a divorce. You love its positivity, but you know it’s over. You know that everything has an expiry date.

Aastha Anupriya June 4, 2016

Bollywood

Enough With the Ms Braganzas & Mr Iyers. Where are the Biharis in Bollywood?

Bollywood has its share of Kaizads, Miss Braganzas, and Mr Iyers. But I haven’t found a single Mr Jha who chews paan more frequently than he curses the bourgeoisie in theth Bhojpuri.

Aastha Anupriya April 25, 2016

Bollywood

From KRK to Kartik Aaryan: Celebs Who Surprised Us with Their Takes on CAA and JNU Violence

Who’d have thought that KRK of the nonsensical reviews fame would actually make sense in a time of political crisis? And Kartik Aaryan would get a thumbs-up from India’s liberals?

Aastha Anupriya March 23, 2016