India’s #MeToo: Where Sexual Harassers Decide Their Own Punishment
Why are India’s men silent on our #MeToo movement? It is as if men without women, especially daughters to protect, have no stake in this….
The Desperate Housewives of Haryana
Haryana’s sex ratio has a new casualty: Uneducated brides from Uttarakhand and Kerala who are transplanted into villages where they find no comfort or familiarity.
Hey Mister, How Long is Your… Spine?
It is nice to meet a man who plays the guitar, or reads Kafka, or travels the world. But that’s every other guy today. What…
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…
The Autowallah Who Takes Cancer for a Ride
On World Cancer Day, the story of an autowallah for the terminally ill who straddles the role of driver and counsellor with ease.
Why Are We Not Outraging Over the Pollachi Sex Abuse Scandal?
Police in Tamil Nadu say that more than 50 women have been sexually abused by a four-member gang in Pollachi. Yet the plight of the…
Book Club and the 50 Shades of Ageing
Book Club – starring Acting Avengers Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and, Mary Steenburgen — puts the limelight on the sex lives of older…
Rearview | Manikarnika, Priyanka Gandhi, and What Indian Women Do When the Men Fail
Rearview is a column that draws connections between the events of the past week. This time, two much mythologised Indian women occupied our timelines. The…
Jo Jeeta Wohi Timeless
Mansoor Khan’s second cinematic outing is not just a film. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar is a lesson in filmmaking. In many ways, it is a…
Thoughts You Have When You’re Forced to Watch the World Cup
Every now and then, even a supermodel produces a turd – and the World Cup produced a night of football yesterday that could put a…