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Why Do Men Spread Their Legs and Women Cross Theirs?

In India, years of conditioning demand women to be submissive and almost invisible in public, while boys are rarely made conscious of their bodies. As a result, young boys grow up to become adults who don’t think twice before taking up extra space even at the cost of someone else’s inconvenience.

Amrita Paul May 26, 2016

Pop Culture

The Superlative Brilliance of Shefali Shah

Words probably won’t do justice to just how harrowingly brilliant Shefali Shah is in the second season of Delhi Crime. It’s humbling to be in presence of such precocious talent, that even our faculties to fully appreciate and preserve it are beginning to feel suspect.

Takshi Mehta May 25, 2016

Vice

Cheers To Myself, My Friend

Trying to understand my love for alcohol through the words of the world’s booziest writers.

RayC May 23, 2016

Modern Family

Help Me! My Father is a Bhakt

I don’t recall my father ever displaying any obvious political preferences, but the turning point came during the 2014 Modi wave. Our mini flare-ups soon escalated into full-blown brawls, and conversations began to end the way they do on the internet, with me being labelled a naive Congi.

Aditya Bhalla May 22, 2016

POV

Censor Di M** Di

A film about drug abuse in Punjab is objectionable. But it is okay to portray all Catholic Goans as drunks and all south Indians as lungi-wearing “Madrasis”.

#VALUE! May 22, 2016

Pop Culture

It’s Now Legit to Hate Coldplay

The excessive hate that Coldplay gets has little to do with the band. It’s a victim of a trend – where a self-professed “discerning” listener disregards all pop music.

Akhil Sood May 19, 2016

Pop Culture

They Came, They ☺, They Conquered

Emojis are kicking the ass of mere words. Love, sex, swag, we can convey it all, with simply one character. Can our vocab get any richer?

Vatsala Mamgain May 17, 2016

Health

Depression, the Heaviest Weight I’ve Lifted Yet

When bestselling author Krishna Udayasankar broke her arms, she was held aloft only by the thought of getting back to weightlifting – her life raft in fighting clinical depression.

Author||ila ananya May 17, 2016

POV

What 99.8% Can Do To You and Me

I’ve never scored an 80 per cent. And I’m sure my son won’t either. Does this mean I have to start panicking?

Ajay Chacko May 15, 2016

People

The Not So Simple Su

Like clockwork, when resident tinfoil hat expert Subramanian Swamy says something silly, we chuckle and shake our heads. But he has a PhD from Harvard.

Akhil Sood May 11, 2016