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10 Years On, I’d Do Anything but “Rock On!!”

At 12, I was convinced that music was my calling and Rock On!! was the closest I could get to the ultimate rockstar experience. But today, as the film turns 10, I find nothing redeeming about the film, except its music.

Nihal Bambulkar July 8, 2016

First Person

Forty Going on 14: How to Live With Your Parents as a Single Adult

Two years ago, my parents returned from their longish stint in the Middle East to move back in with me. Ring out the eggs and maggi, ring in the idlis and paranthas. How would it feel to live with my parents after eight years of living alone?

Anuradha Ganapathy June 1, 2016

Love and Sex

There’s No Love Like Puppy Love

Where are the days of puppy love? In a horribly adult age when most relationships are easily labelled “complicated”, I long for the kind of love driven by impulses, immature promises, and the constant blip of hormones.

Nihal Bambulkar May 20, 2016

POV

Delayed Teenage Crisis: What Moving Away From Home at 26 Taught Me

While my friends moved abroad to study at 18, I’m leaving only at 26. Uprooting my life at 26 makes me feel like a cross between two kinds of people: a child that’s practising cutting vegetables, and an entry-level yuppie sage.

Sarvesh Talreja April 28, 2016

POV

Don’t Show Me the Money: What It Takes To Be an Unambitious Person

On my 30th birthday, I realised that I was exhausted of pretending I enjoyed being in the rat race and I finally admitted that I was unambitious. It was the best investment I’ve made in my mental health.

Sonali Kokra April 14, 2016

Modern Family

“Tussi Na Jao!” How Do You Convince Indian Parents You Want to Move Out?

If I were a 28-year-old, 200 years ago, I’d probably be heading out into battle tomorrow. If I were a 28-year-old about 2,000 years ago, I’d be the village elder. But somehow, here I am at the age of 28, still enjoying the free snacks in between free meals. And every time I bring up moving out of home, my parents think I’m hinting at marriage plans.

Aditya Bhalla April 12, 2016

Culture

My Favourite Part of Durga Puja? Remembering the Pujos of My Childhood

Growing up, Durga Pujo was all about garnering a shot of freedom, of carefree behaviour, every single year. But adulting compromises the novelty of Pujo. Now, as an adult, reminiscing about the Pujo of my childhood is possibly my favourite Pujo activity.

Runa Mukherjee April 10, 2016

Modern Family

Why Can’t Indian Families Let Us Adult In Peace?

When I turned 22, I believed that I would live away from home, revel in my financial independence, and travel across the world, no questions asked. However reality involves my grandparents implying I settle down while they are alive and my mother demanding to know the minutiae of my spendings.

Shreya Ramakrishnan April 1, 2016

First Person

I Got 99 Problems… Being a Baby-Faced Adult is One

As a five-foot-nothing adult with a face that makes me look 14, I’ve been called everything from “chota recharge” to “aw baby”. Even though I work in a legitimate office, my baby face ensures that total strangers inquire about which school I go to.

Ayushi Murli March 5, 2016