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Despite Bollywood Influences, I am Raising Two Feminist Sons. Here’s How To Do It

My sons and I love watching Bollywood movies together, but finding a film devoid of misogyny, objectification of women, and innuendo is a task. How do I explain to my kids what is wrong with “6 din, Ladki in” when SRK is mouthing it as if it’s the most chivalrous way to woo a girl in Kal Ho Naa Ho?

Aarti Pathak July 1, 2016

People

The Difficulty of Being Taimur Ali Khan

Taimur Ali Khan has his whole life ahead of him and it does not include wars and genocide.

Devaiah Bopanna June 28, 2016

Modern Family

Why Indian Mothers Are the Best Momsplainers

“Momsplaining”, unlike mansplaining, doesn’t come from a place of malice. It’s a form of affection that Desi Moms dish out and involves regularly sassing out your kids for their supposed incompetency.

Jackie Thakkar June 14, 2016

Modern Family

Seeking the Individual Behind My Late Father

Our Parents, to us at least, rarely exist as individuals with their own concerns, anxieties and aspirations. But after my father passed away, peacefully, I reconnected and discovered different sides of him that most men, maybe, hide behind the image of the father figure. I’m glad he got to live those lives.

Ajay Chacko June 2, 2016

Modern Family

Help Me! My Father is a Bhakt

I don’t recall my father ever displaying any obvious political preferences, but the turning point came during the 2014 Modi wave. Our mini flare-ups soon escalated into full-blown brawls, and conversations began to end the way they do on the internet, with me being labelled a naive Congi.

Aditya Bhalla May 22, 2016

POV

How My Father Turned Me Into A Biker Long Before I Could Ride One

Biking is often identified with callousness, but it was in my case, a domestic inheritance. My father trained me to be a biker long before my feet could touch the ground on one.

Kshitij Salve May 18, 2016

Modern Family

My Sisters and I Cremated Our Father. And Every Daughter Must Be Part of their Parents’ Final Journey

I struggle to understand people’s apprehension toward daughters performing the last rites of their parents. The act of seeing the last physical trace of your loved one be engulfed in the fire is essential to getting closure, to realising that we will never see them in the physical realm anymore.

Mugdha Singh March 16, 2016