Articles

Five Reasons Why Montu Sir From Chhalaang is The Best PT Teacher Ever

Chhalaang’s endearing protagonist, Montu Sir, is a nostalgic ode to the PT instructors of our youth. It also ends up reminding us of the sheer gumption it takes to be an educator in India.

Jackie Thakkar March 16, 2016

Pop Culture

2.0 Review: There’s More to the Rajinikanth Movie and It’s Akshay Kumar

Despite Rajinikanth’s presence, 2.0 ensures it is an equal battleground for its hero and antagonist. It’s the villain Pakshirajan – a fabulous Akshay Kumar – who gets the indulgent backstory; he’s the first character we see in the film and the only one to merit a song.

Poulomi Das March 16, 2016

Bollywood

30 Years of Chandni: Why Yash Chopra’s Love Letter to Sridevi is the Ultimate Male Fantasy

Chandni is the quintessential male fantasy in motion; except with Yash Chopra behind the camera, that fantasy translates as adoration and appreciation, instead of overt sexualisation. Every shot feels like a gentle caress, like the gaze of an admirer or a devotee.

Runjhun Noopur March 16, 2016

Pop Culture

Who Won the Game of Thrones?

The latest episode featured Time Travellers, potty-mouthed Greyjoys, and revenge stories. But there can only be one winner.

Parthshri Arora March 16, 2016

People

The Mixed Legacy of Justice Dipak Misra

Today is CJI Dipak Misra's last day as top judge. He will be remembered as the judge who scrapped Section 377 – but his legacy will be shrouded by the impeachment motion and the Justice Loya investigation.

Kahini Iyer March 16, 2016

Sports

PV Sindhu, the Athlete Who Refuses to Give Up

With a stunning World Championships gold, the first-ever for an Indian, Sindhu has made an entire country — some still wallowing in the cricket team’s World Cup loss, others in the country’s floundering economy — sit up and dream.

Rupha Ramani March 16, 2016

Gender

We Made It to Sabarimala. What About Our Right to Pray at Home?

Confronting my grandmother about my sister’s participation in a house puja while she was on her period turned into a four-hour screaming match. At the end of it all, grandma allowed her to wash some puja utensils, but I still lost. I could not convince her to change her belief.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee March 16, 2016

POV

Is the “Follow Your Passion” Advice Full of Crap?

In my early 20s, I did the “cool” thing – quit my stable banking job to study film writing. Like many millennials and Gen Z, I just wanted to “follow my passion”. I wish someone had told me the hard truth about chasing dreams.

Riddhi K March 16, 2016

Modern Family

My Sisters and I Cremated Our Father. And Every Daughter Must Be Part of their Parents’ Final Journey

I struggle to understand people’s apprehension toward daughters performing the last rites of their parents. The act of seeing the last physical trace of your loved one be engulfed in the fire is essential to getting closure, to realising that we will never see them in the physical realm anymore.

Mugdha Singh March 16, 2016

Technology

India Trumps the Net Neutrality Debate! TRAI Harder USA

As the US waits patiently for their internet to get ruined, the Indian government has accepted the telecom authority's recommendations in a big win for Indian net neutrality. Learn from us America, you don't need any more inequality.

#VALUE! March 16, 2016