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No country for children

The day before his suicide he had been made to lick the toilet seat and had his head flushed in the toilet.

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Himesh and the yellow auto

Add a little fancy English to the description, and it will be in an arts biennale before you can say, bhaiya Malad jaoge?

02.02.2025 10

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Bollywood lives

These are the very tales of outsiders and underdogs Bollywood once excelled in telling. In a society as hierarchical as ours, this pain is one many...

26.01.2025 10

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Betrayal

Betrayal

Public shaming brings its share of trauma no matter who you are. But, there is no substantive loss of power for Gaiman

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Sleeping together

Without a doubt, this was a big deal. In India the struggle for private space is both physical and intensely psychological.

12.01.2025 10

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To a year of beautiful questions

The latter might describe my friends. I called Friend no. 1 with a cheery “Happy new year”. “Ya, ok” she replied. Illustration/Uday Mohite Having...

05.01.2025 10

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Endings

Dr Singh, the architect of Indian liberalisation, leaves behind a complex legacy. Illustration/Uday Mohite The end of the year is a bittersweet...

29.12.2024 8

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Love, law and maths

Turns out I was not alone in thinking this. I had unexpected company—the Kolkata police. Illustration/Uday Mohite Love recognises no barriers. It...

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Chaddi ki charcha

Pagal kar diya ki deewana bana diya? No one can say maybe because they are speechless. Illustration/Uday Mohite The most famous person on the...

15.12.2024 10

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Cheesy chilly toast in Latur

That day arrived in Latur. Scanning the menu, I spied it. Chilli Cheese Toast. Only the world’s bestest snack. Illustration/Uday Mohite On a hard,...

08.12.2024 10

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Playmates

Whatever happened to making friends the old fashioned way, one might say.  Illustration/Uday Mohite Young people in China are reportedly hopping on...

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Hello 1-2-3 Manifesting

The Secret was not itself new. It reframed similar ideas popular since the late 19th century. I guess, since the book has sold over 30 million...

24.11.2024 4

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What’s patriarchy, ya?

So given her job, I guess the honourable minister knew whereof she spoke. It’s not just patriarchy that’s holding women back. It’s, erm, the...

17.11.2024 6

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What does your body mean?

It was a powerful image, bubbling with many meanings of the body and politics. Meta decided its nudity had only one meaning and that meaning was...

10.11.2024 3

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Trash fabulous

Such people will at once be considered too good for the group, and also “who does she think she is” by the group. Yaniki, Shalini Passi....

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Side character energy FTW

Did they whoop like Fearless Nadia or toss off an insouciant Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron as the made the jailbreak? That’s left to our giggling...

20.10.2024 4

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The I-(rrational) pill

Tamil Nadu’s moral ban followed protests from anti-abortion groups like Responsible Parents Forum and Satvika Samuga Sevakar Sangam, which claimed...

13.10.2024 3

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Too caught up to catch up with friends?

“That can’t be right” he exclaimed. Some retracing revealed that we had in fact met in 2021. It just did not feel that way. Illustration/Uday...

06.10.2024 8

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Flavorous you

Then sometimes we stumble upon something that connects us to our deepest yearnings Illustration/Uday Mohite Most of the time we watch “content”...

29.09.2024 3

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Lonely young men

What were the times that Salim-Javed were part of, which made them as much as they made it? Illustration/Uday Mohite No artist is ahead of his...

25.08.2024 10

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Equal

Calls for hanging discourage examination of the conditions of injustice in which sexual violence is embedded. Illustration/Uday Mohite Are all...

18.08.2024 10

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Heroic

Phogat her silver and Imane Sharif the pure celebration of her victories.  Illustration/Uday Mohite To be celebrated as resilient can be lonely....

11.08.2024 8

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The waters of forgetfulness

The ruling party was quick to call this a Communist-government made disaster, as if it is not a disaster that we all live within Illustration/Uday...

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The Andaaz

So much maza, khulle haath, khulla dil is indeed the definition of a true blockbuster, made with heart, not only marketing Illustration/Uday Mohite...

28.07.2024 3

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Kya shaadi abhi bhi baaki hai?

Krishna opened his mouth to reveal the entire universe. The wedding is an inside out version of this that subsumes the entire mediaverse into its...

21.07.2024 10

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So, I read a book

Unable to work, I lay in bed, wrapped in a quilt, wrapped in the cocoon of monsoon light, wrapped up in the book. Illustration/Uday Mohite Waiting...

14.07.2024 2

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