Parsi Diary: Moving to a Baug is a Lot Like Moving to a New City
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Parsi Diary: Moving to a Baug is a Lot Like Moving to a New City

Unlike most Parsis in Mumbai, I’ve not had a “colony childhood” – I haven’t been brought up in a baug. After moving to Dadar Parsi Colony after marriage, I feel like quite the outsider. I sometimes need Google Maps to navigate through the many by-lanes and more people recognise my husband’s pet than me.
Oh, Street Child O’ Mine
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Oh, Street Child O’ Mine

The first Indian to win a gold at Rio in 2016 was R Hepsibah, a street child from Chennai. There were no coaches for this child prodigy. Instead, she got her start running away from cops.
Big Little Lies and the Truth About Women’s Grief
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Big Little Lies and the Truth About Women’s Grief

If season one of Big Little Lies was all about shattering the them-not-us illusion of what a victim of domestic violence looks like, season two tried to capture the hypnotic nature of grief. Poorly written they might be, but between them, Mary Louise and the Monterey Five perfectly encapsulate the messiness of mourning.
It’s All Predictable in The Upside Down! Did Stranger Things Really Need Season 3?
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It’s All Predictable in The Upside Down! Did Stranger Things Really Need Season 3?

The very elements – smart kids with a scientific bent of mind, a mysterious girl with psychokinetic and telepathic abilities, a monster who is difficult to defeat, and adults who carry immense emotional baggage – that made Stranger Things a phenomenon, are the things that are making it go from good to predictable every year. Truth is, it ain’t getting any stranger than this.
What the Tinder Maze Gets Right About Adulting
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What the Tinder Maze Gets Right About Adulting

In focusing on the pressure to settle and reach the destination, there’s something we end up overlooking: The beauty of the journey. A new Tinder ad reminds us of the lessons we could learn if we let the maze of life direct us.
What Team India’s World Cup Defeat Taught Me About Grief and Loss
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What Team India’s World Cup Defeat Taught Me About Grief and Loss

For my best friend, who lost his mother recently, the World Cup became an antidote. With every Team India victory, I believed that its only purpose was to make my friend feel again. But when the team crashed out, we sensed an ending. It reminded us that the pain of losing a loved one is real – nobody could, and should, take it away.