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The Sex Education I Never Received

For the longest time, my absurd theories on sex and intercourse were influenced by the taboos associated with it. Incredibly, even the ‘sex education’ available on paper, only held me back, as it does scores of other children in this country.

Sumedha Pal July 28, 2016

POV

Samrat Prithviraj Review: Lacking in Scale, Imagination and Performance

You’re not going to out-craft Sanjay Leela Bhansali, so you’ll have to out-story him. Samrat Prithviraj does no such thing.

Pradeep Menon July 28, 2016

Pop Culture

India’s Real Gully Boys & the Art of Protest Poetry: Rapping Up Election 2019

At a time when there is a trust deficit in India’s news media and chilling deaths of RTI activists and journalists are par for the course, the guardians of democracy appear to be India’s street rappers. Their fire rhymes are lighting up an election year. Meet the new breed of “citizen rappers”.

Nair Da July 28, 2016

Coronavirus

Is Coronavirus Bringing Out the Worst in Indians?

Yes, coronavirus makes you sick with flu-like symptoms but it also sucks out all the decency out of you. A pandemic that threatens your life as much as it threatens that of others is all it takes for the facade of humanity to slip.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan July 28, 2016

Pop Culture

10 Years of Dirty Picture: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like Vidya Balan Anymore

Vidya Balan is an anomaly. In an industry rife with svelte figures and saccharine personas, her body of work is an aging but fresh breath of air. From playing a sex symbol to a ferocious agent, Balan made offbeat cool before it became mainstream.

Jackie Thakkar July 28, 2016

POV

Why Millennials Won’t Survive the Apocalypse

Congratulations. We’ve bred a generation of young people who can buy and discard things but can no longer fix them.

Ajay Chacko July 28, 2016

POV

All Day I Dream About Books: How I Became a Book-Hoarder

In times of pandemic, people stockpile essentials in case they can’t get out of their homes. I have been stockpiling books for as long as I can remember. If I am asked why I need to buy more books when I have 30 unread ones in my bookshelf, I am speechless.

Pawan July 28, 2016

Pop Culture

Why Stephen King’s Stories Only Get Scarier with the Passage of Time

Stephen King’s books reveal their depths slowly. Great horror comes from a fight between hope and hopelessness, empathy and the lack of it, and all of King’s stories straddle that fine line.

Amal Singh July 28, 2016

Gender

Meet Seema Kushwaha, the Lawyer Who Fought Alongside Nirbhaya’s Mother for 7 Years

Seema Kushwaha, a young lawyer from UP, was still studying when decided to take up the Delhi gang-rape case in 2013. But even before that, she had joined the fight for justice – attending candle-light vigils and protests.

Arré Bench July 28, 2016

Gender

Can the Bombay High Court’s Ruling on What Constitutes Sexual Assault Make Committing Crimes Easier for Predators?

Assault and harassment in the form of groping and eve-teasing take place with an alarming frequency in the country. Limiting what constitutes assault to “skin-to-skin contact” like Bombay HC means women are more likely to not report incidents and thus, society as a whole will be neglectful of these atrocities.

Sahej Marwah July 28, 2016