There’s Nothing Gross About Period Sex
Almost everyone I know, thinks period sex is gross. Which is why, I feel a film like PadMan will help normalise periods. Women will not…
How Iron Man, Spiderman, Hulk, and Other Marvel-lous Characters Mourn Stan Lee
Earth’s mightiest heroes wore black today, to mourn the passing of Stan Lee. No bright reds, greens, or yellows, for the man who had so…
We’ve All Come Across Women Like Bombay HC’s Justice Pushpa Ganediwala Who Make Excuses for Men
It’s not news that this is no country for women and girls, and Bombay High Court’s Justice Pushpa Ganediwala who recently gave the two infamous…
How A K-Pop Band Brought Me Closer To My 14-Year-old Daughter
As parents we are so quick to judge our children’s behaviour and choices, often forgetting that they are also trying to deal with an overwhelming…
28 Years of Lamhe: Bollywood Could Do with More Heroes Like Anil Kapoor’s Viren
Yash Chopra’s Lamhe is not “ahead of its time” for daring to show a salt-and-pepper Viren falling for a barely legal Pooja. What makes it…
Bitcoin, for the Good Guys
The Isle of Man has bought into the vision of an Indian mathematician to develop a virtual currency that helps prevent bribes. Could this system…
Yes, We “Curly Girlies” Make Our Hair Our Whole Personality. Here’s Why
After two decades of trying to tame my curly hair, I let it breathe. With time, the comfort of not having hickey-looking burn marks on…
The Alternate Reality of Roger Federer
You can’t blame Roger Federer fans for living in an alternate-reality universe. We undo his mistakes and then wake up knowing that he still lost.
In Josh-Filled 2019 Would Main Hoon Na, Bollywood’s Masala Movie on the Military, Find Any Takers?
Few films seem further from today’s cinemascape of chest-thumping nationalism than the 2004 film Main Hoon Na. The lighthearted patriotic film about “Project Milaap”, an…
Out of Love Review: Rasika Dugal Shoulders this Psychological Infidelity Drama
Hotstar’s Out of Love isn’t the first Indian show to take a crack at the complexities of infidelity, but it might be the rare show…