Nimisha Misra, Author at Arré

Pride and Pedicures

Beauty parlours in small-town India were a refuge for women, where they walked in and shed everything, from their clothes to centuries of inhibition. But the advent of big, branded salons has encroached upon that safe space.

Nimisha Misra July 30, 2016

First Person

My Brother’s Keeper

I’m grateful for my younger siblings every day and have anointed them my guardians. We were raised to be a team anyway, responsible for each other’s care and protection.

Nimisha Misra July 21, 2016

Pop Culture

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of Internet Hate

Moffat and Gatiss have not betrayed the structure of Sherlock for as much as a second. In fact, their filmmaking traces all the steps of the humanisation of Sherlock Holmes.

Nimisha Misra July 17, 2016

People

The Melancholic Majesty of Guru Dutt

In the history of Indian cinema, there have been many definitions of masculinity, but few are as seductive as the brooding melancholic. And no one perfected that trope the way Guru Dutt did.

Nimisha Misra July 14, 2016

Pop Culture

Trapped in the Cities That Are Driving Us Crazy

Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped goes to the heart of an inherent paranoia that cityfolk are programmed to feel. We run to these stories for the morbid fascination of possibility.

Nimisha Misra June 20, 2016

People

The Slow Descent of Ram Gopal Varma

As Sarkar 3 readies for release, it’s time to investigate what is up with RGV. Is he a modern-day shit-talking, raving seer? Or has he turned into a character from one of his films?

Nimisha Misra June 9, 2016

Modern Family

Still a Girl: The Side of Our Mothers We Refuse to See

I used to view my mother’s life as a gilded cage that she’d been forced into. But a few years of age have taught me that our mothers’ version of adulthood preserves the childhood that our generation often loses by the time we turn teens.

Nimisha Misra June 2, 2016

POV

The Longest Coming-Out Party Ever

KJo, sweetheart, maker of fantastic movies and manipulator of NRI nostalgia, please stop. We know you’re gay.

Nimisha Misra May 11, 2016

Pop Culture

The Greatest Sex Toy Ever Made

The guitar is an intimate instrument to play. You adjust to its rhythm, you pluck and coax out notes that sound like the moans of a lover in the heat of a charged moment.

Nimisha Misra May 6, 2016

Love and Sex

The Silver Linings of My Bad-Date Book

Bad dates teach us lessons about our wants. By the simple logic of mathematics, the more you know about what you don’t want, the closer you are to figuring out what you want.

Nimisha Misra May 4, 2016