Articles

An Equal Marriage: How Woke Young Couples Are Dissolving Sexist Wedding Rituals

Rituals and ceremonies are just one way Indian weddings treat women as inferior to men. Whether it is refusing the “kanyadaan” ceremony, standing up to the tradition of brides touching their husbands’ feet, or even splitting the cost of the wedding equally, some Indian couples have found a way to subvert tradition.

Hitesha Phukan April 11, 2016

Profile

The Man Who Always Gets the Eid Dates Right

Pakshas and pournimas are its mainstays. But Kalnirnay, the world’s best-selling calendar-cum-almanac, has a secular take on it.

Kripa Krishnan April 11, 2016

Health

Doctor Who Postponed Wedding, Another Who Worked for 5 Full Days Are India’s New Heroes

Let’s take a moment to doff our hats to two brave doctors at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight – Dr Shifa M Mohammed and Dr Sudhir Dehariya. One postponed her wedding, the other made a pitstop at home after a five-day shift, not to rest but get a glimpse of his family from a distance.

Arré Bench April 11, 2016

Culture

’Tis the Season to Be Jolly: How Christmas Carols Helped Me Rediscover My Lost Holiday Spirit

In the past few years, I’ve tried to maintain an indifference towards religious festivities, but growing up in a Catholic household, it’s impossible to escape Christmas in December. And Christmas carols are the month’s designated soundtrack.

Mavis D'Silva April 11, 2016

Animals

Goan Gladiators

It’s not the size of the bull in the fight, it’s the size of the fight. And in Goa, government might makes right.

Damian D'souza April 11, 2016

Bollywood

Bole Toh… Jackie Shroff, the OG Gully Boy of Bollywood

There was once a little-known kid who grew up in a chawl, worked a couple of dead-end jobs, and rose to fame as Bollywood’s poster boy of the ’80s and ’90s. Jackie Shroff, was your everyday next-door mawali, a tapori through and through, which is why his appeal endures today.

Damian D'souza April 11, 2016

Bollywood

De De Pyaar De and the Fault in Luv Ranjan’s “Male Universe”

In Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Sonu Ki Titu Ki Sweety and now De De Pyaar De, Luv Ranjan creates male universes where women are always the enemy. For Ranjan, the joke isn’t just on the woman; it is the woman. Clearly, he understands us as much as Vijay Mallya understands the concept of debt.

Poulomi Das April 10, 2016

Love and Sex

I Came, I Tinder-ed, I Quit

I met some clingy men on Tinder. The dating app, for its promise of a one-night stand, was becoming a multiple-night mess. So one fine morning, I deleted it.

Ananya N April 10, 2016

POV

Fear, Anxiety, Post-Grad Depression: What the New Graduates of the Class of COVID-19 are Inheriting

For new graduates, a perfect storm is brewing. It’s imbued with fear, anxiety, and dread. We are stepping into a Covid-afflicted world, along millions of Indians waiting to enter the workforce. Jobs are scarce, and we are all looking at a long, unending line of unpaid internships.

Saumya Kalia April 10, 2016

POV

A New Hope for the New Year: How to Thain Thain Your Way into 2019

It might look like the world is coming to an end, but this is the first day of the new year. We hope the indomitable spirit of “thain thain” will be with you. In the days that follow, if you find yourself in a hopeless place, remind yourself, as the police officer did, to always keep punching.

Hardik Rajgor April 10, 2016