Posted inPOV
Why Is It Never The Man’s Fault?
A professor was forced to resign in Kolkata, for images she put up of herself on her social media. For some inane reason this non-imposition has been deemed her fault.
Posted inCoronavirus
What the World Needs Right Now is Kindness, Not Judgy Souls Who Mock at Someone’s Instagram
For everyone who is policing people on social media, taking exception to folks posting selfies and travel photos, please back off. People who share daily workouts or coronavirus jokes are not being insensitive, self-centred louts. They are trying to hold on to some semblance of normalcy. It helps them stay afloat instead of drowning in self-pity.
Posted inPOV
Friends With Benefits 2.0: Some of My Favourite People are Ones I Have Never Met
Emotional investment and familiarity with someone’s life isn’t a prerequisite for friendship any longer. The word of the year is instead, “mutuals” – people who share mutual friends and common interests.
Posted inFirst Person
How I Found Joy in My Insignificance After 15 Days of Vipassana
I signed up for 15 days of self-imposed silence to break a powerful addiction called “The Need for Control”, a subset of the much-maligned FOMO. After vipassana, I realised that the fear of missing out, is an inherently egotistical fear, with the belief that our existence matters so much that missing out on something is a travesty.
Posted inPop Culture
The Teacher of the Year Award Goes to Social Media
2017 has proved that social media is a great teacher; one that gave us some pretty hard-hitting lessons.
Posted inBollywood
Happy Birthday, Paaji! Dharmendra is Like Your Grandpa on Instagram – Adorable
Garam Dharam’s Lit AF Instagram feed is the most feel-good thing on the internet right now. The Bollywood stalwart’s posts reflect his carefree nature and zeal for life and serve as a stark reminder that there’s nothing quite as adorable as old people on social media.
Posted inGender
Why Are We Not Outraging Over the Pollachi Sex Abuse Scandal?
Police in Tamil Nadu say that more than 50 women have been sexually abused by a four-member gang in Pollachi. Yet the plight of the survivors has gone unnoticed and reported sparingly by the mainstream media.
Posted inPop Culture
Mumbai Police: The Twitter Heroes We Didn’t Know We Needed
If the Varun Dhawan case is any indication, Mumbai’s finest are using Twitter to police the city, one Stranger Things meme and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai GIF at a time.
Posted inPOV
All Millennials are Artists, Selfies are Our Stage
There is no such thing as a bad selfie. The angles are flattering, the extended arms are thinned, out and the jawline becomes the hero we always wanted but never had. So why then are selfies such a taboo on social media?
Posted inPOV
Moral Police or Pervert? The Anatomy of an Online Troll
Indian trolls are mostly sanskari or sleazy AF, but instead of squabbling among themselves, they get along just fine. In fact, they are two sides of the same coin, and more often than we know, the moral police turns out to be the pervert.