Articles

You’ve Seen the Men, But Who Are the Women of IPL?

In a testosterone-filled environment, the women of IPL stand out – anchors, journalists, producers, the wives and girlfriends of players. Everyone fights a stereotype. We deflect low-key sexual harassment – flirtatious advances, late-night calls in your hotel room – to stay in the game.

Rupha Ramani March 28, 2016

POV

How WhatsApp Could Save the World

Simply telling people not to believe WhatsApp forwards is not going to cut it. So is it possible that we can just tell them what to believe instead?

Arré Bench March 28, 2016

POV

How Mumbai Stopped Romanticising the Rain and Started Dreading It

Come June, you could be walking on the street and be felled by a falling tree in Mumbai. Or you could get stuck inside a jammed SUV and drown. The possibilities are increasing every year. Every year, the Mumbaikar is a little more fearful than fond of the monsoon.

Aparna joshi March 27, 2016

Sports

United They Fall: The Misery that Comes with Supporting Man U

Manchester United has 99 problems, and football is just one of them. While failures off the pitch are behind closed doors, the visible culmination of it all takes the form of poor performances on the ground. As a fan, watching the entire spectacle at Manchester United is more heartbreaking than the entire run of This Is Us.

Hardik Rajgor March 27, 2016

POV

Swami Nithyananda & Other Babas, Can You Please Leave the Science to the Scientists?

There’s never been a better time to be a baba, considering that even godmen from five thousand years ago are finding their way into our engineering textbooks. We have Deepak Chopra for the ABCD crowd, Sadhguru for the upper-class aunties, Swami Nithyananda for the wholly clueless, and Gaur Gopal Das, the living dad-joke generator.

#VALUE! March 27, 2016

Bollywood

How Low is the Bar Set That Ranveer Singh Gets Labelled Husband of the Century?

It’s been only two weeks but we’ve already declared Ranveer Singh the husband of the year/decade/century/millennium. Why exactly? For helping his wife navigate the pallu of her sari at their wedding reception? Or blowing kisses to her in public?

Sonali Kokra March 27, 2016

People

Remembering Vijaya Mulay, the Woman Behind the Legendary DD Film “Ek Anek Aur Ekta”

Those who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, learnt about national integrity and unity through a seven-minute animated film that aired on Doordarshan called Ek Anek Aur Ekta. The woman behind this little film with a big heart, Vijaya Mulay, passed away on Sunday, at age 98.

Chandrima Pal March 27, 2016

Technology

From the Jetsons to Black Mirror: When Did the Future Go from Utopia to Dystopia?

In the last two decades, our approach to technology in pop culture has swung from the unremarkable Jetsons to dystopian web series like Black Mirror or A.I.SHA. What changed? At some point, we had to deal with the very immediate prospect of robots taking our jobs, and inevitably, the world.

Kahini Iyer March 27, 2016

Pop Culture

Why I Refuse to Watch Justice League

After ruining Superman for my little sister and making the travesty that was Suicide Squad, Zack Snyder expects me to pay for Justice League. He might as well rob me at gunpoint.

Parthshri Arora March 27, 2016

Modern Family

How My Mother and I Became Friends… After My Father Died

Loss exposes how unprepared you really are. When my father died, my mother and I couldn't imagine a life without him or one with each other. But grief makes you look at the bigger picture. My father’s death is the reason my mother and I are no longer strangers.

Pooja Barge March 27, 2016