Articles

Friendship Cancelled With Football, India Vs England T20 is BAE

Dear Football World Cup, now that India vs England cricket has started, I will have to dump you. You made quite a few false promises. You told me Neymar was going to bring swagger to the Cup, but all he did was roll on the floor. If I wanted to see a brown guy with a funky hairstyle doing nothing for 90 minutes, I’d pick Hardik Pandya instead.

Hardik Rajgor July 1, 2016

POV

What Cringing at Old Social Media Posts Taught Me about Adulting

My old social media posts, especially those on Facebook often feel like a nightmarish journey back in time. But they are also clues to the way we absorb the world and learn to eventually, navigate it as adults.

Yashodhara Sirur July 1, 2016

Gender

Despite Bollywood Influences, I am Raising Two Feminist Sons. Here’s How To Do It

My sons and I love watching Bollywood movies together, but finding a film devoid of misogyny, objectification of women, and innuendo is a task. How do I explain to my kids what is wrong with “6 din, Ladki in” when SRK is mouthing it as if it’s the most chivalrous way to woo a girl in Kal Ho Naa Ho?

Aarti Pathak July 1, 2016

Bollywood

Thank You Soldier for the Ultimate Bobby Deol Experience

After Soldier, the verdict was out. Bobby Deol’s uncontainable sex appeal was in fashion, and the #ForearmAppreciationClub was in full swing. That lasted for a brief, wonderful minute.

Poulomi Das July 1, 2016

Gender

The Silent Survivors of “Legitimate” Rape

Some women have been raped with unmentionable objects; some have been stripped naked. All victims of marital rape, their only refuge is a room at Mumbai’s KB Bhabha Hospital.

Kripa Krishnan July 1, 2016

Technology

Sharmaji Ke Beton, Artificial Intelligence is Coming for You

When the rise of the machines becomes a reality, AIs like A.I.SHA will be coming for every Sharmaji ka beta – the doctor, engineer, IT professional. And the creative, who was always told that he would never amount to anything in life, will have the last laugh.

Arré Bench June 30, 2016

Pop Culture

The Stark Knight Rises

Fantasy is meant to be inspirational and uplifting. But after this season of Game of Thrones, I found myself questioning why exactly I was cheering for these characters.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 30, 2016

POV

The SAD Truth about Punjab

The state’s multiple crises – a consumptive drug problem, farmer distress – can hardly be brushed under the carpet by hacking a film that purports to show its reality.

Bhanuj Kappal June 30, 2016

POV

Five Reasons We All Need to Start Paying for Our News Again

Fake news has become a scourge, publications are more beholden to advertisers than readers, and it’s more lucrative to cater to echo chambers than to actually inform and guide. The time has come to resume paying for news, irrespective of political leanings.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan June 30, 2016

Earth

Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai: Our Weather is the Great Indian Unifier

Weather in India is as contentious as our language, cuisine, and politics. It is not just a conversation starter, it is where our differences go to die and find a new life. If we didn’t have the weather, how would we discuss our government’s corruption and apathy, based on that one pothole, with perfect strangers?

Runjhun Noopur June 30, 2016