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Ab Ki Baar, BJP Se No Pyaar

No one was happier than my vyapaar-savvy uncles when the BJP came to power in 2014. In the last 18 months, though, given the overall sense of helplessness in the market post demonetisation, their faith has been tested.

Jackie Thakkar July 22, 2016

Money Matters

Finance Ministry to Announce Much-Anticipated Release Date for Next Economic Recession

Recessions are like black swans. They’re rare, come out of nowhere, and people frown upon you when you say they look delicious. Is the next one staring us between the eyes? Because it’s been a while since the last one so maybe the next one should just hurry up and get here. And Urjit Patel’s resignation has not helped things.

Adhirath Sethi June 21, 2016

Love and Sex

Tinder Diaries of a News Junkie

A Tinder survey said that most people want to learn something new together on their first date. How adventurous! I only want to dissect the PM’s latest tweet with my dates.

Parthshri Arora June 20, 2016

Animals

Man vs Avni: Why We Are All Responsible for the Tigress’s Death

Avni’s fate was sealed the moment she first came into conflict with humans. But there is no glory to be gained in hunting endangered animals, even if they’re supposedly man-eaters, and each life lost is a sign of the failure of our conservation efforts.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 8, 2016

Money Matters

On a Scale of 1 to Manmohan, How Spicy is the Annual Budget Going to Be?

This year’s budget will be worth watching. Even if all we really care about is section 80, there is a lot there that will tell us what our government is thinking. With an election coming up, that’s more important than scrolling through your Instagram feed.

Adhirath Sethi May 27, 2016

Gender

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.

Kahini Iyer May 17, 2016

Love and Sex

Sex Coro Na! In the Time of Social Distancing, Sexting is Your Best Bet

The sexting must go on. Before you decide to send dick picks to your latest Tinder match, remember there are rules to this breathless sport.

Parthshri Arora May 13, 2016

Pop Culture

What Hun Hunshi Hunshilal, a Gujarati Satire About Fascism, Tells Us About Governments and the Banning Culture

In the era of political biopics, Sanjeev Shah’s Gujarati satire, Hun Hunshi Hunshilal, reminds us how governments anywhere manipulate the narrative. The movie is set in Khojpuri, whose king is busy protecting the nation against mosquitoes, although no one has a clue why they need to be protected from these mosquitoes.

Sayantan Mondal May 4, 2016

Columns

Rearview: Hardik Pandya, Rahul Gandhi, & Bipin Rawat are Just Shades on the Pantone Card of Misogyny

Is there really much of a difference between the comments made by Bipin Rawat, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Hardik Pandya? At this point they just seem like hues on the Pantone shade card of sexism and ingrained patriarchy.

Karanjeet Kaur May 1, 2016

POV

The Anti-Bhakt One-Man Army

While other dissenters have tried to distance themselves from the bile spewed by bhakts, Humans of Hindutva stands out from the pack by gladly getting into the mud and wrestling the swine.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 22, 2016