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Radically Honest Confessions: What a Month of Constantly Telling the Truth Taught Me

The concept of Radical Honesty isn’t just about telling the truth – you have to commit to voicing every stupid, bitchy, relationship-ending, career-destroying thought that tumbles through your head. I started my experiment with absolute truth-telling and landed in my own private hell.

Sonali Kokra April 23, 2016

POV

Is 25 the Deadline to Make New Friends?

I have become reluctant to forge new friendships. Like everything else in this age, my emotions can be summed up in one catchy hashtag: #NoNewFriends. Is this all part of growing up, being on the other side of 25?

Dushyant Shekhawat April 22, 2016

Love and Sex

The Invisible Sex Life of New Parents

The sex life of new parents is like Donald Trump’s brain – it’s non-existent. If it does exist, it is rare, awkward, and revolves around the bowel movements of your child.

Vani Rane April 22, 2016

Love and Sex

A Different Kind of Threesome: The Joy of Being a “Kabab Mein Haddi”

For some people, nothing screams single like voluntary third-wheeling, or hanging with couple friends. But, for a commitment-phobic 22-year-old, there’s nothing more convenient than living vicariously through your friends’ relationships.

Nihal Bambulkar April 21, 2016

POV

My Love-Hate Relationship with Influencers

Some days I want to burn a gazillion calories and get a six-pack and on other days I want to cook my favourite meals, be a glutton and accept myself as I am. The problem is there are an equal number of people on social media giving ‘gyaan’ on both, and I tend to endlessly switch between the two.

Jagruti Verma April 21, 2016

Pop Culture

Why We Need More Bad Girls on TV

As Killing Eve and GLOW have proved, there’s nothing more fun than watching women being absolute jerks – and absolutely human – on screen. If these shows are any indication, we’re thankfully past the age of niceness.

Poulomi Das April 20, 2016

Love and Sex

Five Stages of the Modern-Day Break Up

I got dumped by my girlfriend of five years recently. Over Whatsapp. Here’s a point by point breakdown of my mourning period.

Heartbreak Rehab April 17, 2016

Love and Sex

Unlucky in Love: Your Tinder and Hinge Dates Are My Comedy Show

Watching people navigate an ocean of bad choices using tools like Tinder and Hinge is as entertaining as watching an episode of Takeshi’s Castle. For couples in relationships, nothing is more amusing than other people’s misadventures in love.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 12, 2016

Love and Sex

What My Girlfriend’s Kink for Mirror Sex Taught Me about Self-Love

My partner loved mirror sex and it made me anxious. I’ve caught her on several occasions staring intently, making sexy eyes at herself. But it was only when I brought it up with her that I realised it wasn’t so much about narcissism, but a way of cherishing your own body.

Dr Mahinder April 11, 2016

Love and Sex

The Toughest Part of Breaking Up is Learning to Live with Yourself, Just for Yourself

For five years I was suffocated in a relationship of co-dependence. We were always together. But I was never present. It took me a while, but this year, I realised that I cared about my erstwhile partner a lot, but when I was with him, I had forgotten how to love myself.

Manjiri Indurkar April 9, 2016