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Koffee With Karan is Needed Now More Than Ever
Koffee With Karan is back and given the three years we as a country have endured, god knows we’ve needed it
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The Twists and Turns in Durgamati Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
While initially Durgamati: The Myth seems like a straightforward horror movie, the story ends up going far beyond a traditional bhoot-bangla scarefest.
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Is Amazon Prime Video Now Amazon Pri Video? What Happened Here?
While scrolling through my timeline I noticed a change in Amazon Prime Video’s logo. The “me” from prime is missing. Is it a typo or trick? Am I missing something?
Posted inSports
Hey People, Leave MS Dhoni Alone
Let’s not script a farewell for MS Dhoni. He knows better than anybody else when it’s time to call it a day.
Posted inLove and Sex
My Ex-Box Dilemma: What Should We Do with Gifts from Girlfriends Past?
I stumbled upon my “break-up box” and hidden in it were a few love letters and all the memories of my high-school romance. I wondered if I should still keep the mementos? Or try to send them off on their way, “Mera kuch saaman” style?
Posted inLove and Sex
The Power of the First “I Love You”
The first admission of love decides the dynamic of the entire relationship and the person who says it. Use it wisely, use it well.
Posted inPOV
Dear Fellow South Indians, Sexism isn’t Just North India’s Problem
Have South Indians really earned the right to claim the moral high ground when it comes to sexism? For starters, comparing stats on women’s rights in developed states to the rural cowbelt, is like lauding India for having a stronger record on human rights than Saudi Arabia.
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“What Do JNU Students Do All Day?” Ask Economics Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee
Surprisingly, rather than celebrating Abhijit Banerjee’s achievement of winning the Nobel Prize for Economics, some have been deriding him for his “anti-national” credentials. What must sting these critics most is that Banerjee happens to be an alumnus of the most hated-on educational institute in right-wing intellectual circles: Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Terminally Love-Struck: Does Romance Actually Bloom at Airports?
Growing up I was enamoured by the romance-at-the-tarmac trope – Love Actually and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. But the chance of someone dodging security guards for that one passionate kiss are as slim as your Jet Airways flight taking off these days. Yet each time I’m at a terminal, the dormant romantic in me wakes up.
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Fixo, Kadha Prasad, and Being Sikh
There are a few occasions when I examine my faith. A faith kept alive by tenuous connections like my relationship with my grandfather, the last of the Sikhs who came from Pakistan and created lives out of nothing.