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Griha Pravesh and the Dignity in a Love Triangle

Basu Bhattacharya’s 1979 film Griha Pravesh offers a graceful take on the fact that love does not always transpire only between two people. It teaches us to view attraction outside of a wedlock as a human experience – not the original sin.

Bapu Deedwania March 9, 2016

Pop Culture

Am I A Stalker? Why We Millennials Have a Little Bit of You’s Joe in Us

Who among us hasn’t given in to the temptation of looking up Tinder matches or a new boss online, before we meet them? It’s what this “harmless” looking up leads to – when Netflix’s You implies that our soulmates might just be our stalkers – that makes it a defining series of our times.

Poulomi Das March 9, 2016

Modern Family

Why Indians Need to Stop Seeking Their Parents’ Approval

One thing that I’ve found common between Indian millennials is that even though we’re dead sure about our choices, we’re still struggling to get our parents’ approvals on them. Because as parents, your generation has dedicated their whole life to their kids. Because as children, our parents’ validation for our choices has come to matter to us more than our own choices.

Madam Sanskari March 7, 2016

POV

What Running a Business around Pleasure Taught me about Sexuality

The pandemic brought change in the way we talked intimacy and sex. But it was when I decided to turn pleasure into a business, that I really learned about sexuality, in the most organic ways possible.

Shweta Sangtani March 6, 2016

Love and Sex

The Post-Break-Up Confession: Honesty is the Worst Policy

A break up is followed by a round of post-break-up confessions. What could be wrong with straightforward honesty from the person who deeply cared about us? But in this seemingly friendly break-up match, no one wins – and most importantly, you lose the hardest.

Poulomi Das March 6, 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

Dating in Your 30s With the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

The beginning of every new romance is laden with the prospect of a different kind of “ghosting” – where the thoughts, memories, and spirits of our past partners haunt our present affairs.

Vikram Poddar March 4, 2016

Love and Sex

How Sexting Returned to Me The Safety and Control that the Actual Thing Couldn’t

When real life experiences fuelled my trust issues with partners, sexting became my cheat code to remain present, despite all my issues with power play of the actual act.

Shweta Sangtani March 2, 2016

Love and Sex

Dear 30-Something Woman, Dare to Dildo

I know what you’re thinking. I don’t do dildos! I’m not that woman. May I assure you that you are?

Tia Basu March 2, 2016

Gender

How I Learnt to Embrace My Mom Bod

It’s perfectly acceptable for a man to get broader as he ages. We’ve even coined a cute little name for the male, middle-aged spread: the dad bod. Then why isn’t there a corresponding mom bod? We can refer to them as MILJH... Mothers I’d Like To Just Hug.

Ashwina Garg March 1, 2016