Articles

Why We Need More Bad Girls on TV

As Killing Eve and GLOW have proved, there’s nothing more fun than watching women being absolute jerks – and absolutely human – on screen. If these shows are any indication, we’re thankfully past the age of niceness.

Poulomi Das April 20, 2016

Love and Sex

Kiki, Will You Hire Me? How Tinder is Becoming the New LinkedIn

There’s more to be gained on Tinder than casual sex and long-term romance. Enterprising urban millennials are now using the app to increase their professional network, find their next freelance gig, and even meet a potential boss.

Jackie Thakkar April 20, 2016

POV

Hi, I’m a Writer and I Freelance For a Dying

The freelancer has inspired a slew of #LifeGoals exhorting others to quit their job, follow their dreams, and travel the world. Yet, somehow, all this carpe diem spirit around the freelancer lifestyle doesn’t really address the real question: Who will pay your rent?

Himanshu Sharma April 20, 2016

Modern Family

The Best Gift Today’s Mothers Can Give their Children is Some Unmonitored “Me Time”

The constant supervision to create a model kid, robs children of solitude: A solitude that will overwhelm them with its monotony before getting them to move their ass to experiment in the kitchen, scribble Rupi Kaur-like poetry on their notepads, and perhaps discover the true meaning of life.

Purba Ray April 20, 2016

First Person

Confessions of a Half-Mother: Why I Had an Abortion Even Though I Wanted to Keep the Baby

My mother and father have no idea about my out-of-wedlock pregnancy and abortion. My baby was the final price I have paid in the lifelong war between living life on my terms and allowing my parents’ need to maintain a facade of being the “adarsh” family.

Anonymous April 20, 2016

Technology

Can Any of Us Afford to Live Offline?

Going offline is not an option. The work culture today demands that you are available 24X7 – over the phone, on WhatsApp, and email. And even if it’s not work, can you walk into a conversation if you have nothing to say about that viral tweet from @wokeboyhimtoo.

Yashasvini Mathur April 20, 2016

Bollywood

Why Purab Kohli is Bollywood’s Most Overlooked Dependable Performer

Back in 1998, Purab Kohli debuted with Hip Hip Hurray, where he played a studious 12th grader raised by a single mother. Last week in Typewriter, he essays a single parent to a school-going student. It is the actor’s eagerness to work without obsessing over billing, screen time, or stardom that makes him a dependable performer, even today.

Pragyan Mohanty April 20, 2016

Bollywood

Abhishek Bachchan Does Not Deserve the Trolls, But He Doesn’t Deserve Multiple Comebacks Either

Abhishek Bachchan does not deserve the hate he gets, but he also does not deserve multiple “second chances”. He is charming and has the gift of the gab, but he is not an efficient actor. It’s time Bollywood stops celebrating his many comebacks.

Jackie Thakkar April 20, 2016

Bollywood

No Dance Film Has Earned the Cult Status of Disco Dancer. Even Street Dancer 3D Won’t

Disco Dancer gave us a hero who picked up the guitar instead of the gun. It ushered in an era of Bollywood dance films, which peaked in the ’80s and early ’90s. However, few have earned the cult status as the Mithun Chakraborty film. Does Street Dancer 3D stand a chance?

Sayantan Mondal April 20, 2016

Bollywood

No Ghunghat, No Kesar Doodh: How did the Traditional Suhaag Raat Scene Disappear from Hindi Films?

A coy bride, an awkward groom, a glass of kesar milk, and rambunctious relatives outside with their ears glued to the closed door – this is how a suhaag raat scene unfolded in Hindi films. But which was the last movie in which you saw a shy dulhan sitting on a bed of roses?

Bhavna Devchoudhury April 20, 2016