Articles

30 Years of ChaalBaaz: The Sridevi Classic is Proof that Good Comedy Has Nothing to Do with Gender

ChaalBaaz is not a Rajinikant movie or a Sunny Deol movie. It’s instead a Sridevi movie. She is indeed the superstar, the good old “Michaeli Jacksoni”, who single-handedly drives the movie through her impeccable comic timing.

Runjhun Noopur April 16, 2016

POV

The Great Spaghetti Eastern of Bihar

Ruby Rai is all that is wrong with Bihar. But Ruby Rai may just become all that will be right with the state.

Vaibhav Vishal April 16, 2016

Gender

“Sharing the Load” was Just for the Lockdown. Men are Back to Being Men

Why do we talk about the men “helping” the women out at home, a friend asked. “Helping” implies that it is the job profile of a woman to run the house, while the man, out of the goodness of his heart, would attempt to “share the load”. As equal partners, isn’t it imperative that both consider the home theirs to take care of?

Rupha Ramani April 16, 2016

Gender

The Sach Behind Swachh

As the NDA completes two years in power, Narendra Modi’s pet project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, continues to transform the lives of women in India’s remotest villages.

Bhaskar Pant April 16, 2016

POV

Why All of Us Need to Start Considering Politics As a Career Option

We, the woke and the liberal, are politically and socially conscious, and have an opinion on everything – from the Congress’s failing fortunes to the future of democracy. We are out on the streets, protesting against hate crime and the unlawful chopping of forests, but why does politics not feature as a career choice for most of us?

Kavya J April 16, 2016

Pop Culture

The Greatest Costume Party on the Planet

From Madhubala’s anarkali to Madhuri’s Ek-Do-Teen skirt, Bollywood costumes tell fascinating tales. Some wonderful, some weird, they’ve wriggled their way into our consciousness.

Clare Wilkinson April 16, 2016

Pop Culture

Swipe Right If You Like How I Smell

For the swipe-right generation, Tinder marked the “dawn of the dating apocalypse”. Do we dare detect a whiff of hope in a primal service like Smell Dating?

#VALUE! April 16, 2016

People

What You Should Know About Tehseen & Shehzad Poonawalla

Who are Tehseen and Shehzad Poonawalla? How did two Delhi party boys become “political trendwatchers” and the face of an anti-lynching bill, seemingly overnight?

Parthshri Arora April 16, 2016

Pop Culture

This Is Us: The Family Drama India Deserves But Never Got

NBC's This Is Us is a show that teaches us that there’s no love greater and more selfless than that of a close-knit family. It's a theme that most Pakistani dramas also hook us with. But Indian TV is yet to get a hang of it.

Ananya N April 16, 2016

People

The Graveyard Inside My Home

In Uttar Pradesh’s Pokar village, the dead don’t leave the house.

Saurabh Sharma April 15, 2016