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The unheralded brilliance of Kay Kay Menon
Kay Kay Menon has been around for a long time and yet his work, especially his potential, has remained underused, and worse, unheralded. Let’s hope that changes soon.
Posted inFeatures
5 Reasons Why Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare Season 2 is the Weekend Fix You Need
The second season of Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare is the small-town story we can all relate to. Zakir Khan is back as the soft-spoken fixer Ronny Bhaiya, who is adept at handling just about any socio-political situation. In this season, the stakes become higher, the obstacles stronger, and yet the humour never fades.
Posted inLove and Sex
Can You Find Love in a Rebound Relationship?
A “rebound” doesn’t always mean a friend with benefits or facilitator of closure. Sometimes, they are a person you might have, under kinder circumstances, fallen hopelessly in love with.
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Read Receipts: The Bane of Modern Love
Read receipts are everywhere: as blue ticks on WhatsApp, “Seen” messages on Facebook and “Opened” on Snapchat. They sow seeds of doubt, further complicating modern relationships.
Posted inPOV
The Commentary That Gives You Brain Fade
The standard of cricket in the Ranchi Test promises to be of superior quality, but what will single-handedly pull down the experience is the quality of commentary.
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Review: A Superhero Epic With Lots of Style, Some Substance
Zack Snyder’s Justice League goes into a runtime of four hours two minutes. Is it worth the hype and your time? Hell yeah.
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Spider-Man: Far from Home is a Superhero Film for the Fake News Era
Spider-Man: Far from Home is proof that the MCU still has fresh stories to tell, even as the curtain comes down on its most successful period to date. In the first film of Marvel’s Phase Two, Spider-Man might be far from home, but he’s closer to reality than ever before.
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Do People Really Have As Much Sex As They Claim?
Going by the stories I hear, I'd imagine the world is having more sex than two hamsters with an average life expectancy of seven days. How do they find the time?
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An “Immoral” Muslim’s Guide to Faking Roza
I’m a non-believing Muslim and people like me have become part of a subculture, where secrets are guarded with greater ferocity than the Illuminati. We bunk namaaz, and during Ramzan we fake-fast: the first major acts of rebellion for Muslim teens.
Posted inModern Family
What No One Tells You About Losing Your Parents
When you lose both your parents, the constant is the assurance from relatives that you will be fine and things will be brighter. They do get brighter. But what I miss most is that my parents would’ve loved seeing me live my life. If only I could’ve grown up sooner.