Mumbai’s Asalpha Slum Makeover is Inoffensive. And Purposeless
Asalpha’s makeover attempts to turn the slum into Mumbai’s Positano. But this is art at its weakest, art that refuses to engage, art that forgets…
To the Millennials Mocking Ramayan & Mahabharat… Here’s Why They Were Truly Epic
YouTube’s “pause-and-find-flaws” generation is calling out bloopers from Ramayan and Mahabharat. They’ll never know the extent to which these TV shows were, literally, epic. Back…
My Golden Labrador’s Guide to Grace
My Lab taught me to cope with the unpredictability of life and relationships. We grew up together as feisty and spontaneous girls.
You Are My Fire: Do We Really Need “the Spark” to Make Love Last?
Like everyone else, I grew up watching films, reading books, and listening to stories that eulogised the “spark”, the firsts of love. “First meeting”, “first…
“You Need to Struggle More!”: Are We Capable of Choosing Contentment Over Success?
While the idea of struggle is relative, I believe there’s a socially dictated equation for the logic of success. It goes something like: Struggle +…
Depression, the Heaviest Weight I’ve Lifted Yet
When bestselling author Krishna Udayasankar broke her arms, she was held aloft only by the thought of getting back to weightlifting – her life raft…
It’s Not the Night King or Cersei, But Ambition That is Game of Thrones’ Greatest Threat
Season Eight’s fourth episode, “The Last of the Starks”, reveals that the greatest threat to humankind wasn’t external. Rather, we’re more than capable of tearing…
My literature teacher: my fondest memory of school
Literature teachers are heavily romanticised in cinema, and for good reason. It takes a poetic perspective on life to escape the specificities of science…
SummArré: Sabarimala, #MeToo Part Two, and a Look Back at the Week That Was
In India, every day presents a new diversion, a new amusement. This week, we discovered the Kauravas were “test-tube babies” in a giant leap backward…
Give Way, There’s a Heart on Board
K Anthony is a transporter of hearts, and he drives like the devil to deliver them on time.