POV Archives

How Writing Poetry Helped Me Fight the Paranoia That Came with the Pandemic

For so long, our anxieties had been at an all-time high. Some of us are clamouring for hospital beds while the rest of us are trying to safeguard our jobs. Earlier this month, I was infected with the coronavirus. Now, cooped up inside taking laboured breaths, my only respite was to write poetry.

Sahej Marwah May 18, 2016

POV

Can We Resolve to Stop Stinking in 2018?

2017 ignored the problems that are technically issues, but don’t quite qualify because not enough people feel strongly about them. It’s time we brought some of these issues to the fore in 2018: Vegetarian seekh kebab for instance and people who smell bad.

Ramjaane May 18, 2016

POV

Mumbai’s Asalpha Slum Makeover is Inoffensive. And Purposeless

Asalpha’s makeover attempts to turn the slum into Mumbai’s Positano. But this is art at its weakest, art that refuses to engage, art that forgets to raise questions. The colourful slum, if anything, is a gentle reminder of our disregard.

Sayli Godbole May 17, 2016

POV

“You Need to Struggle More!”: Are We Capable of Choosing Contentment Over Success?

While the idea of struggle is relative, I believe there’s a socially dictated equation for the logic of success. It goes something like: Struggle + Sacrifice + Ambition = Money + Security + Yay I’ve made it in life-wala feeling. Contentment and joy may or may not turn up in the answer, but that’s not part of the problem we’re told to solve, is it?

Sangeetha Bhaskaran May 17, 2016

POV

“Bro, Hindi Mein Bol Na!” What I Miss the Most in Hindi-Speaking Delhi is My Mother Tongue

As someone who was rebuked back home in Kolkata for speaking too much English and not enough Bangla, I never imagined what I’d miss the most after moving to a new city is my mother tongue.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 17, 2016

POV

The Anatomy of an Indian Stampede

There have been stampedes in other parts of the world, but why does it feel like India is an especial victim along the route of this deathly juggernaut?

Hardik Rajgor May 16, 2016

POV

Is a Four-Year-Old Even Capable of Committing Sexual Assault?

A four-year-old boy was accused of sexually assaulting his classmate in Delhi recently. Is it even possible for a child to fully comprehend the nature of a sexual act?

Poulomi Das May 16, 2016

POV

Millennial and Proud

Who is Gen X to go pointing fingers at us millennials? This was a generation that would voluntarily watch films starring Mithun and Jeetendra.

Sarvesh Talreja May 15, 2016

POV

Do Mainland Indians Have the Right to Impose Our Nationalism on the People of Andaman & Nicobar?

The Andaman & Nicobar islands are at best an oddity forced onto the consciousness of us mainlanders. The archipelago’s location and exoticism makes it ideal for vacations. However, as a part of the nation of India, it receives only irresponsibility, forgetfulness, and exploitation.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 15, 2016

POV

Dear Indian Parents, Your Kids are Not Your Retirement Plan

The idea of children becoming their parents’ retirement plan, is seeded somewhere in the idea of parents being education sponsors of their children. Toxic codependency has become a habit we desperately need to kick.

Kavya J May 15, 2016