Why Glenn Close’s The Wife Feels Tailormade for Indian Wives
No matter how educated or urbane we get, women are still asked in interviews whether they plan to get married or start a family soon….
Chhattisgarh Women’s Commission Chief Says Women File for Rape after a Break-Up. Why Do Our Female Leaders Belittle Other Women?
Kiranmayee Nayak is the head of a commission dedicated to “empowering” the women of Chhattisgarh and “ending discrimination” against them. If she is unable to…
Golmaal Never Again
Rohit Shetty’s Diwali offering, Golmaal Again, described as a horror comedy, is neither scary nor any kind of funny. But it does represent the worst…
We’ve Spoken a Lot about Shweta Now Let’s Talk about the Friend Who Bitched about His Ex-Girlfriend
We’ve had our share of laughs over the Shweta call but we are also privy to its darker side. After all, there is a real…
Purr…suit of Happiness: It Took a Pet Cat to Change the Rules of Love in Our House
Tough love was the only love language that existed in our house until my brother got home a stray kitten. Very soon, my stoic father…
An Astronaut and a Tiger Walk Into a Car: We Asked the Crazy Folks at Arré to Interpret the Surreal Kia Ads
Kia’s eccentric new teasers, featuring a tiger, an astronaut, and a car, are more like an elaborate riddle than your everyday vroom-vroom ads of fast…
Dear Men’s Grooming Brands, When Will the Macho Ad Guy Finally Man Up?
There’s no way any woman on earth would respond well to the boorish, juvenile guys in most men’s grooming ads. So why do shampoo commercials…
Why I Might Lose My Feminist Club Membership
I think not having a #MeToo story to tell is a great story by itself. It is a story of hope. It is validation of…
Gone Kesh Review: A Bold Subject Cut Short by a Receding Storyline
Female baldness, unlike male baldness, doesn’t invite sympathy – it’s a marker of inadequacy. It’s this narrative that debutante director Qassim Kallow attempts to dissect…
Love More, Browse Less With These V-Day Reccos That’ll Make Your Hearts Flutter
This Valentine’s Day, spend less time on your phone and more time with your sweetheart. You don’t need to spend precious time deciding which rom-com…