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Photograph Review: Ritesh Batra Continues His Romance with Melancholy and Mumbai

Photograph marks Ritesh Batra’s return to writing and directing a Hindi feature film six years after The Lunchbox. His “star-crossed lovers” are separated by class, religion, and aspiration. And yet, both of them lead their lives for others, in this coming-of-age story.

Poulomi Das July 21, 2016

Love and Sex

He Was Depressed, I Needed Therapy. How Was Our Marriage Going to Survive?

My husband couldn’t get out of bed and spent most of his waking hours in silence or crying. He experienced panic attacks. Soon my empathy for him began morphing into a dark affirmation – I didn’t deserve this. Then I realised I needed therapy too.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran July 18, 2016

Love and Sex

“Did You Had Dinner?” Why We Shouldn’t Judge Romantic Prospects By the Way They Text

To reach a point of actual socialising via any dating app, requires large doses of that most annoying of modern-day pastimes – texting. It is never two people who match on these apps, it is their textual alter egos that do.

Madam Sanskari July 16, 2016

Love and Sex

What’s Stopping Millennials from Dating Someone with the Same Cultural Upbringing?

Three months ago, I met and spent time getting to know someone who spoke the same mother tongue as me. At first, it felt like discovering a whole new part of myself. But soon, the sameness started feeling suffocating. I felt like I knew him too well, too soon, and that his red flags could never have the luxury of just being flags.

Poulomi Das July 15, 2016

Pop Culture

The Oddly Empowering Nature of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives

The reality show can be cringe at times, but it is also oddly empowering in the sense that these women would not come to our screens if not sought out for who they are, rather than what they could have been.

Takshi Mehta July 13, 2016

Love and Sex

A Guide to Dating in Your 40s: The Divorcee Edition

Most divorced men in their 40s haven’t got the memo that the relationship economy has changed. When they got married in their 20s or 30s, their main role was that of a provider. Which meant that they didn’t have to develop personalities or attempt to be fun.

Unsanskari Stree July 13, 2016

Love and Sex

A Parshya I Knew and the Archi I Might Have Been

Sairat reminds me of my summer romance. We held hands when no one was watching and kissed under a mango tree. And then…

Ananya N July 10, 2016

Gender

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

Love and Sex

Love in the Time of Uber Ratings

You have to give it up for millennials. We’re ready to ignore our instincts and let one feature of a transportation app decide who we go on a date with.

Arré Bench July 7, 2016

People

Two Deaf Lovers & a Caste System: A Story from Haryana

Sushil Mahla and Neelam Rani are hearing- and speech-impaired, but are grateful for their disabilities. In Haryana, their relationship wouldn’t have transcended the fiercely defended boundaries of caste had they been “normal”.

Sat Singh July 7, 2016