Articles

Swara Bhasker Was Wrong… But that Doesn’t Mean Her Trolls are Right

Swara Bhasker might be one of those rare celebrities in the country whose trolls follow her actions even more closely than her fans. But between her using an expletive for a child on a talk show, and her haters descending on her en masse, the four-year-old starts looking like the most mature person involved.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 26, 2016

Love and Sex

Pati, Patni, and the Woeful Woh

An extramarital upheaval in my life – and my screenplay – helped me realise that all it takes for a man to come back, is for a woman to know that she doesn’t want him anymore.

The Dire March 26, 2016

Love and Sex

“Daddy Ji Ghar Pe Hai” : Teenage Hormones Taught Me the Art of Sneaking In

Sneaking into your girlfriend’s room in the middle of the night may not always require a ladder or a C-O-O-L necklace, but it’ll always require industrial-size gonads. Depending on whether your parents are KJO cool or Sairat savage, consequences for getting caught can range from being disowned to being disembowelled.

Jackie Thakkar March 26, 2016

Pop Culture

Can Netflix’s “Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator” Ensure that Bikram Chowdhury Is Punished In a Post-Me Too World?

For years, Bikram Chowdhury used his successful yoga franchises to rape and assault innumerable female students. Even though this has been public information, the yoga guru is yet to face his comeuppance. The clear directive of Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator is to be a searing call-to-action that guarantees that he does.

Poulomi Das March 26, 2016

Culture

Elephant Gods, Flying Insects, and Crabby Crabs: A Ganpati Visarjan Horror Story

I’ve been jostled in the crowd, groped by a stranger, covered in cheap gulaal, and sacrificed at the altar of the DJ wale babu. But no trauma compares to the ordeal of attempting visarjan from the deck of a ferry in the middle of a downpour.

Nihal Bambulkar March 26, 2016

Coronavirus

In Twitter We Trust: How the Social Network Has Turned into a COVID-19 Directory

As COVID-19 hits home for lakhs of families, complaints on Twitter about having to work from bedrooms and Zoom fatigue have slowly made way for urgent pleas for hospital beds, Oxygen cylinders, and medicines. And the Twitterverse has stepped up, providing details of beds available, preparing a list of oxygen suppliers, compiling Google docs with information on where to find the life-saving Remdesivir and more.

Aditya Bhalla March 26, 2016

Pop Culture

Benedict Cumberbatch Shines in the Dark and Twisted World of Patrick Melrose

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There is no better illustration of it than abusive parents, convinced they are only looking out for their kids. Of course, it takes an especially abusive kind of parent to screw someone up as thoroughly as Patrick Melrose, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in Hotstar Premium’s latest Emmy-nominated show

Nihal Bambulkar March 26, 2016

Modern Family

Why I Will Never be Daddy’s Little Girl

I was 12 when I last saw my dad. But that is OK. All we had was a tenuous biological link and there was nothing for me to miss.

Simran Kapoor March 26, 2016

Books

Tanushree Podder delves into Patriotism, Friendship and Love in the Army in her Latest Novel

Tanushree Podder’s “The Girls in Green” is a beautiful story of friendship, love and patriotism as four young women navigate the Officer Training Academy. From tough-as-nails superiors to their first mistakes and successes and even love, “The Girls in Green” covers it all.

Arré Bench March 26, 2016

Pop Culture

WandaVision and the Power of Pure Emotions

WandaVision is an exploration of Avenger Wanda Maximoff’s most unique fount of power: pure emotion. Her trauma is both her greatest strength and her biggest weakness.

Kahini Iyer March 26, 2016