generation gap Archives

Parents Know Best? How OKCupid Taught Me that True Love is to #FindMyKind

My quarter-life crisis began when my parents started to drop subtle hints about getting married. They want a prospective son-in law with an MBA, and I want shared interests, hobbies, passions — the things that make for time worth spending together.

Arré Bench July 4, 2016

POV

Liberal Indians, Remember to Thank Your “Non-Woke” Parents For Your Broadmindedness

Growing up, my highly educated, intelligent parents, who ran a double-income household even before Cosmopolitan said it was in, were an inspiration. They taught me to question everything, which worked out great... until I started questioning them.

Anonymous June 14, 2016

Columns

The View at 40 | Why Is Everyone Having Really Loud Sex in Four More Shots Please!?

The View at 40 is a weekly column about sniping at youth. This week, we watched the new web series, Four More Shots Please! and heard lots of orgasming.

Sharan Saikumar May 8, 2016

Modern Family

Like Father, Unlike Son: Why We Want to Be Nothing Like Our Parents

We millennials bore witness to the lives of our parents and the evaporated dreams they once had. Somewhere between sprouting our first pimple to driving our first car, we went from respecting them for their choices to deciding that that would not be the life we would be living.

Nihal Bambulkar May 7, 2016

Love and Sex

Why Are We Outraging Over the Age Gap Between Bigg Boss’ Anup Jalota and Jasleen Matharu?

“The rule of seven” is the universal tenet in the dating world among couples with huge age differences. But nobody told the 65-year-old Anup Jalota and 28-year-old Jasleen Matharu, before they declared their love on Bigg Boss 12.

Kavya J March 1, 2016