Articles

Is it Time to Clean Up Your Facebook Friend List As Elections Near?

When your uncle who only posts old songs on Facebook, or friend who spams Instagram with memes is suddenly discussing national policy, you know you’re now scrolling through your election newsfeed. And like Thanos in the upcoming Avengers movie, there’s no running or hiding from it.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 13, 2016

Grub

Some Wafers for the Kadhi Chawal, Please: MasterChef Australia & the Importance of Family TV Time

My parents have never been voracious foodies like me, but MasterChef Australia changed that. They went from merely eating to live, to living to eat. Come have lunch with us and you might hear mother say, “This kadhi chawal is nice but it’s missing a little crunch. Pass the Garden Wafers na.”

Sagar Gwalani March 13, 2016

Vice

MH 420: Weed on Wheels

He’s mean. He’s a purist. And he fixes you the cheapest stash in town out of a beat-up truck. Meet Shahjahan.

Damian D'souza March 12, 2016

Bollywood

21 Years of Zakhm: A Film About Communalism That is Just as Relevant Today

Mahesh Bhatt’s Zakhm completes 21 years today and feels even more relevant because of the rigidity of this country’s communal compass. The film is proof that Bhatt sees conflict like no other director from the industry.

Manik Sharma March 12, 2016

Pop Culture

Keeping Up With (and Losing Count of) the Kardashians

Kylie Jenner didn’t just have a baby, she launched a new vertical in the sprawling Kardashian media empire. At this rate, there’s going to be too many Kardashians to keep up with by the end of 2018.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016

Culture

Who Made You the Fashion Police of the Met Gala?

Aside from squealing over Baby Taimur’s adventures in micro-fashion, most of us don’t know the first thing about clothes. But on a few special nights of the year, like the Met Gala, even the most fashionably challenged among us become a leading authority on French couture.

Kahini Iyer March 12, 2016

POV

I am a BJP Supporter But I Oppose the CAA. And I’m Not Alone

I voted for the BJP in 2014 and 2019. I backed GST and supported the abrogation of Article 370. But I am no bhakt. I am a BJP voter who is opposed to the CAA.

Saksham Mishra March 12, 2016

POV

Why We Need to Leave Andaman Islands’ Sentinelese People Alone

Outside contact with Andamans’ Jarawas is forbidden, as it is with the Sentinelese, but a search on YouTube will find tourists in the Andamans going on “Jarawa safaris”, where the islanders dance for cameras and accept fast food from vehicles. The free people of North Sentinel Island should not go this way.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016

Gender

Sorry, Tanushree Dutta. This is Bollywood and It Lives in Denial

No matter how hard you scream about sexual harassment within the industry, Bollywood does not want to know. This is a machinery oiled by collective denial, which makes A-listers like Amitabh Bachchan refuse to take a stand against a male oppressor. Denial explains the flourishing careers of Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

Poulomi Das March 12, 2016

Sports

Why ICC Needs to Reconsider the Boundary Rule After Sunday’s Imperfect World Cup Final

To decide the winner of a cricket match on the basis of how the runs were scored, is to overlook the fundamental objective of the game – it is about scoring runs, not hitting more boundaries. If the two sides are level on runs, like England and New Zealand were on Sunday, clearing the fence more times than the other does not make one team better.

Priyansh March 12, 2016