Posted inPeople
The Hype Men of Hemp
A group of young entrepreneurs is cutting through the white noise of drug scares and moral panic to promote a promising cash crop – cannabis.
Posted inBollywood
Hrithik Roshan 2.0 Looks like the Superstar He was Always Meant to Be
Hrithik Roshan has always had the starry quality that accompanied his launch two decades ago, but he has since then been more miss than hit. With War and Vikram Vedha, however, Roshan has possibly laid claim to the title of being Bollywood’s biggest, possibly only superstar.
Posted inPop Culture
Why We Must Thank Mira Nair for PK Dubey
With Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair breathed life into Delhi on celluloid almost two decades ago. And even today, Nair’s eccentric, marigold-chewing PK Dubey remains unforgettable.
Posted inPeople
The Life and Times of a Porn Theatre Usher
For the last 20 years, Shrivastav has been ushering folks who want to pleasure themselves to a humid, musty room in Mumbai’s Imperial Cinema. His job was simple: Fetching doctored reels, checking tickets, and sanitising the theatre with phenyl after the show.
Posted inGender
On Consent, Men Are From Mars, Women From Venus
In a world where focused pursuit of one’s goals is seen as macho and attractive, it doesn’t surprise me that Aziz Ansari saw Grace’s rebuttals as merely a speed-bump: An obstacle he not only felt he had to overcome, but was expected to overcome.
Posted inPOV
Bad Air Days: Could Jet Airways Ruin Your Summer Holiday Plans?
With cash-strapped Jet Airways suspending flights, air fares are likely to soar. For travellers, the timing could not be worse. April is vacation time in the country and your annual family holiday might just be in peril.
Posted inPop Culture
Arré Checklist: How to be Oscar-literate in Seven Steps
The Academy Awards are just around the corner and it is time to prep for Oscar film conversations at the bar and on the train. Here’s how you can get ready to reel off Call Me By Your Name and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri factoids in five minutes.
Posted inPOV
Why Orlando Makes Me Want to Come Out
The Pulse massacre has made me feel more alone than ever. It has made me angry, left me hurting, but also helped me make up my mind about coming out.
Posted inTechnology
RIP FitBit. VR Headsets You Are Next
How did we all buy in to the seduction of wearable tech? Was it the “lose weight now” promise of the makers? Or was it this need to appear tech woke, all the time?
Posted inEarth
Did the Chennai Water Crisis Make You Uneasy? You Might Be Afflicted with Eco-Anxiety
The Chennai water crisis has been a wake-up call for many Indians. Those of us who lived somewhere comfortably between “sab chalta hai” and “jugaad” are now a seriously conflicted lot, worried about the future of the planet. If this spurs us into action, eco-anxiety might not be such a bad thing.