5 Ways To Ensure That You Keep The Spark Alive In Your Relationship
“Love… is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.” – Nicholas Sparks, “The Wedding” Any person who...
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Life In Russia For Any Young Person, Is Just Like One A Millennial Leads...
Are Russian youths very different from the youth around the world? I asked this question to my study-buddy Nina Avakyan. Below is her answer, edited for language and clarity. We both are studying at...
View ArticleIs The Indian Media Losing The Chance To Influence A Generation?
In my opinion, yes. The Indian media is losing a golden chance to influence a generation – our generation. Let me explain how. Let me first tell you about the context in which I will be speaking. I’m...
View ArticleJust Like Democracy, Even Relationships Stand On Three Core Pillars
Choose one to love, then love the one you chose! Engaging in a new relationship is always exciting, as everything’s easy like a Sunday morning in the early months. But as time passes, one realises that...
View Articleबिहार की नफरती हिंसा क्या महज़ चुनाव की तैयारी है?
बिहार में नफरत की सियासत और नतीजतन साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा, असलियत में 2019 की तैयारी है- बिहार में अभी हुए/हो रही नफरती हिंसा की सबसे ज्यादा वजह, यही बतायी जा रही है। तो क्या वाकई ऐसा ही है? नफरत का चुनावी...
View ArticleThis Woman Lives In All Of Us, And It’s Time We Talk About It
She tends to cut words from the throat of her female counterparts, piercing the dagger straight in the trachea with a smile on her face pretending that the sharp edges won’t hurt much, that the spine...
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Why On-Screen Representation Matters: Bollywood, Take Note
If you’re an ardent fan of Bollywood and have watched its movies answer this: How many times have you seen Bollywood portray a Northeastern, tribal (or any other minority) character as a protagonist?...
View Articleखाप पंचायतों के अमानवीय माइडसेंट को बदला कैसे जाए?
महीने भर पहले अंकित सक्सेना की ऑनर किलिंग के बाद पिछले दिनों उन रणबाकुरों की खबरें हरियाणा से आ रही है जिन्होंने जींद, महेंद्रगढ़, सोनीपत और झज्जर ज़िलों में चार अलग-अलग घटनाओं में दो युवक और युवतियों की...
View Articleफिल्म तीसरी कसम और फणीश्वर नाथ रेणु की विरासत
11 अप्रैल को हिंदी साहित्य के सुपरिचित हस्ताक्षर फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु की जयंती पड़ती है। रेणु अपनी कहानियों में अपने आप को ही तलाश करते नज़र आते हैं। आपने अपनी कहानियों, उपन्यासों में ऐसे पात्रों को गढ़ा जो...
View ArticleThis Powerful Documentary Will Make You Rethink Your Wardrobe, And Your Choices
Clothes are our chosen skin and fashion is a kind of language – both tell the world what we want it to know about us. Considering the destruction the fashion industry is causing, we have to be mindful...
View ArticleCan A Transgender Woman Live Her Dream Of Being A Model In India?
India took huge steps in the direction of equal rights for the transgender community back in 2014 with the Supreme Court recognizing transgender people as the ‘third gender’. As much as it would seem...
View Article‘Ascharya Fuck It’: Bringing Manto’s Bold Story On ‘Prostitutes And Pimps’ To...
“Ek badan, do ball, ek kamar, ek choot, ek gaand. Aur kya kahegi ek raand?” (One body, two testicles, one waist, one vagina, one ass. What else will a whore say?), says a woman looking into the camera....
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Baking Her Way To Sucess: The Inspiring Story Of Pooja Dhingra, Mumbai’s...
Pooja Dhingra is a pastry chef, social media influencer, author, owner and founder of Le15 Patisserie. From the bistro-lined boulevards of Paris to the bustling streets of busy Mumbai, it’s been a long...
View ArticleSaif Ali Khan’s Scene From ‘Aarakshan’ Is The Lesson We All Need On Reservations
A three minute long scene from the 2011 movie “Aarakshan” has resurfaced and become very, very significant in light of recent events related to casteism and reservation. When students find a bold red...
View ArticleSalman Khan Gets Five Year Jail In Blackbuck Poaching Case
On April 5, 2018, the Jodhpur court sentenced Salman Khan, one of the biggest superstars of Bollywood, to five years in jail and sent him to Jodhpur central jail for killing two blackbucks in 1998, as...
View ArticleSalman Khan May Not Be A Criminal, But He’s No Hero Either
Even as actor Salman Khan was convicted by a Jodhpur court on Thursday for killing two blackbucks, his lawyer was hopeful that he will be acquitted. The reason? He was earlier acquitted in an Arms Act...
View ArticleFour Years Ago, I Had My Daughter, And Rediscovered Myself
The biggest reason for my smile is when my daughter calls me “Ma”. I’m a four-year-old mom. Yes, you read that right. I call myself a ‘four-year-old mother’ because the day my girl was born, I was...
View ArticleEnough Of ‘Gorapan’, Let’s Address The Darkness In Our Thoughts
We Indians haven’t been able to end this unhealthy obsession with fairness. Although we suffered racial discrimination at the hands of our colonial masters, we haven’t learnt anything from it. Instead...
View ArticleKamla Bhasin’s Poetry Turned Me From An Ignorant Person To A Socially-Aware...
I always loved reciting nursery rhymes as a kid and would always find ways to sing them out loud in front of my relatives, teachers and friends. Even when I grew up and entered high school, I did not...
View ArticleDear Salman Khan, A Little Bit Of Social Work Doesn’t Wash Off Your Sins
This week, the Jodhpur court pronounced Salman Khan guilty in the blackbuck poaching case. The media had mixed opinions, whereas many people felt that finally justice was delivered. And there were an...
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