Posted inLove and Sex
The Lost Art of Meeting People
Our generation has forgotten how to do the “meet and greet” thing. We’re perpetually exhausted in social interactions, settling for online friendships because they’re far less taxing.
Posted inPop Culture
Netflix’s Living with Yourself Provides a Millennial Manual for Accepting Your Flaws
With two Paul Rudds living side by side, Netflix’s Living with Yourself shows how, in the end, we are all metaphorically battling a version of ourselves that we think we are capable of being. And the worst kind of emotional abuse is the one we inflict on our confidence.
Posted inPOV
Birthday Stress: It’s Your B’day So You Know You Want To Cry
Birthdays cease to be celebrations, once the needle goes beyond 25. Instead, they turn into annual reminders of unfulfilled potential, ever-ticking biological clocks, and how everyone your age is doing so much better than you.
Posted inModern Family
“Badi Aayi Environment-Waali!” Why Our Parents Don’t Give a Damn About Climate Change
When I was growing up my parents would constantly nag me to switch off all the lights in house. No, they did not want to be green. They only wanted to save the other kind of “green”. Now when I ask them to conserve power because of environmental reasons, they simply scoff.
Posted inLove and Sex
Five Stages of the Modern-Day Break Up
I got dumped by my girlfriend of five years recently. Over Whatsapp. Here’s a point by point breakdown of my mourning period.
Posted inPOV
Why Millennials Should Read the Bhagavad Gita
That the Gita is given a religious connotation which limits its reach, is a pity. Much before Twitter threads told you that your biggest enemy is within, the Bhagavad Gita had already got it covered.
Posted inFeatures
Restless and Proud: Why Millennials Continue to Chase Newness
Being spoilt for choices, whether it is when we are zeroing in on our professions, partners, or a show on Voot, can be liberating. And in a world designed to keep reinventing itself by the minute, choosing not to experiment with things that are #NonStopNew is a travesty.
Posted inPop Culture
The Grammy Awards: When You Know You’re Officially Old
Maybe it’s time to admit that millennials are no longer the sole custodians of cool. Adulting is hard, and part of it involves not being able to score hipster points by discovering a band before anyone else.
Posted inLove and Sex
The Secret Pleasures of a Boring Relationship
Pop culture conditions us to see spontaneity as the true sign of romance. Except the pressure to be cool, and with it, and switched on all the friggin’ time is impossibly exhausting.
Posted inPOV
Dear Bosses, Stop Telling Your Employees to Be a Big Happy Family at Work
The office is just that – a place where you show up to deliver the work you agreed to when you signed the dotted line, and leave the minute you meet your deadlines. With happiness and without guilt. Why are bosses then, so obsessed with conjuring up a family within the workplace? I have one slightly neurotic, dysfunctional family at home, I don’t need another one at work, thank you very much.