What Will it Take to End Our Toxic Affair With Plastic?
How do you say goodbye to something you’ve known your entire life? After all, plastic is almost like an honorary family member in most middle-class…
Asia Argento, Tinder Date Rape, and What Makes a “Good” Sexual Assault Victim
The #MeToo movement has changed our perception of who a sexual abuser can be – but not our view of victims of sexual assault. Who…
Heartbreak from Hell: When Your Boyfriend Cheats on You… with Your Best Friend
When your boyfriend cheats on you, you feel humiliated and worthless. But when a best friend cheats on you, it knocks the wind out of…
How To Understand Consent Through Anu Malik’s “Do Me a Favour, Let’s Play Holi!”
Future civilisations will think of the original inhabitants of Earth as a primitive race, which played a game called Holi with each other, but not…
5 reasons why DOM is the thrilling tropical trip you should take this weekend
Set in Brazil and available in five different languages on Prime Video, DOM is a thrilling high-octane ride through the streets of Brazil. Hop on…
What’s Not to Love about Olivia Colman, the Queen of Everydayness?
The wondrous bit about Oscar-winner Olivia Colman is that she fits in as easily as an everyday person as she does as a royal. She…
What I Learnt About Religion Growing Up With a Christian Father and Muslim Mother
There are way too many essays, books, and films that give you a detailed picture of what the struggle of an interfaith marriage looks like….
Arré Recommends: Films About Racism Can Also Be Eye-Openers About Oppression in India
Here’s a watchlist of five movies and shows to get started on the subject of race and Black Lives Matter. Here’s hoping that watching these…
Twenty Years of Twist Endings with M Night Shyamalan
About 20 years ago, M Night Shyamalan’s feature film debut, The Sixth Sense, earned him serious Hollywood cred as an auteur – cred that he…
“Chhee, Harry Potter!” When I Met the Mean Girls of a Book Club in Mumbai
When I moved to Mumbai, I joined a book club to find my tribe. Instead, I encountered a bunch of privileged men and women who…