Alka Shukla, Author at Arré

No Baby, No Cry: What it Means to be Childfree by Choice

Society finds it hard to respect a woman’s choice in several matters of sex and marriage, but the decision to not have children is beyond the pale. How can you not be a mother? Isn’t it going against your DNA as a woman and your purpose on this planet?

Alka Shukla July 8, 2016

Bollywood

Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din: Why We Should Have Kept the Legacy of RK Studios Alive

Built by Raj Kapoor, the man labelled the Showman of India, the iconic RK Studios will make away for apartments. Could we not have treated it better? Given it a new lease on life, possibly as a contemporary cinema history museum?

Alka Shukla June 15, 2016

Gender

Pushpa, I Love Tears: How to Counter Dick Bosses with Some Weeping

There is nothing wrong in using your tears to have your way at work, especially if you encounter male bosses who believe in the power of patriarchy. Your tear glands don’t activate themselves only for emotional release. They could well be dubbed as weapons of psychological warfare.

Alka Shukla May 8, 2016

Love and Sex

Bill De Ke Dekho: The Definitive Guide to Picking the Tab on a Date

In the good ol’ days of dating, you could sass the guy simply with your amazing alcohol retention abilities. But now it’s no longer about you handling your malt like a pro. Can you handle the cheque like a pro?

Alka Shukla May 5, 2016

Gender

#MeToo: How Does the World Judge the Wives, Daughters, and Sisters of Sexual Harassers?

As scores of working women accuse, name and shame their predators, quickly turning them into poster boys of hate for all of womankind, what happens to the wives, the sisters and the daughters?

Alka Shukla April 26, 2016