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Forget Bharat Mata, When Will The BJP Chant The Slogans That Really Matter?
The land of the holy cow has taken its holier-than-thou attitude up a notch. I refer to the "Bharat Mata ki Jai" fiasco that has hijacked the headlines in the Indian media for weeks now, shoving other...
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'I'm Not Needy. I'm Wanty': Are Brands Listening?
"I'm not needy. I'm wanty." - via @FunnyOneLiners on Twitter In his 1844 Paris Manuscripts, Karl Marx famously said that human beings are "creatures of need." And ever since--the irony of the world's...
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Why Modi's Idea Of Simultaneous LS And Assembly Polls Is A Recipe For Chaos
Co-authored with Shruti Kedia Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently mooted the idea of evolving a method for holding Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously. Primarily two reasons stand out...
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The Mapping of Mohalla Sabhas- Beginning of a Silent Revolution
It's generally been business as usual in the past few months in Delhi: high-decibel histrionics, raging national debates, existent anomalies and non existent controversies. From the rise of nationalism...
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The Urgent Need For India To Build A Design Economy
The "Make in India" initiative aims to create 100 million new jobs in the coming 10 years in the manufacturing sector and boost its contribution to GDP from 15% to 25%. (Globally, manufacturing...
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My Fellow Kashmiris, Do Not Let A Small Faction Destroy Years Of Camaraderie
"Even before the Army, the police or anybody from the civil administration could reach us, we were rescued by locals who risked their own lives to save us, death was imminent as the water level...
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Why Policymakers Should Address The Unique Issues Faced By The Disabled In...
On December 13, 2006, the United Nations adopted the first human rights treaty of the 21st century - the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Country after country rushed to...
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Why You Can't Be A Milk-Drinking Feminist
Like me, you're undoubtedly appalled by common crimes against women such as trafficking, rape, domestic violence, murder and the killing of children for being the 'wrong' gender. You may consider...
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Just For Kicks: This Young Woman Is Levelling The Playing Field Through Sport
It is the concluding day of the two-month-long School Football Championship 2016, one of the biggest interschool football tournaments in India with 225 teams representing a mix of low-income government...
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Could Our Privacy And Security Slip Through The Giant Holes In The Aadhaar Bill?
The government passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 as a money bill in Parliament on 11 March 2016. This Aadhaar Bill, in its...
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Mumbai To Delhi And The Miles In-Between
My flight isn't for the next three hours and I am already en route to the airport. Today, I tell myself, will be the day I will travel stress-free, uneventfully. However, Mumbai's charming traffic has...
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I'm A Millennial Adult And I Can Never Be Poor Or Weak
The wifi has been down for 24 hours. The love of your life, the one you spend your whole life with, your "best phone in the world", suddenly called it quits. You didn't think of spending one-tenth of...
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Photoblog: How Mumbai Turned Me Into A Street Photographer
I've been doing street photography in Mumbai for just under a year. Formerly a 'pure breed' writer, I had prided myself on being able to string a few words together on my better days to form some sort...
View Article5 MBA Skills That Too Many Students Ignore
The MBA remains the most sought-after professional degree the world over. So is the case in India. With thousands of business grads coming out every year from B-school campuses, the competition for...
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The Casting Couch Is For Real. I Have Faced It Myself.
I received a call last evening from a casting agent in Chennai. As someone who has recently started modelling and acting in short films, these calls are pretty routine and I have come to look forward...
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Podcast: Ragi Represents The People It Nourishes
Food and literature may seem like two immiscible things, but the rare novel that allows food and drink to play a supplementary role to the actual plot sometimes bridges the gap. This happens in small...
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This Is Why We Should Talk About Our Bodies
The other day I read a beautiful, heartfelt post on how we should talk to our daughters about their bodies. The gist of it was to NOT talk about it. At all. It said we shouldn't make any comment about...
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Never Say Dye: If Food's Too Bright, It's Not Right
Have you ever walked into a mithai shop and just stared at all the brightly coloured sweets? Or tucked into Indian Chinese street food with the eye-popping orange and red sauces? I know I did as a kid,...
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PHOTOS: The Humdrum Speaks Volumes In Delhi's Walled City
Here, there is none of the glitter of gargantuan malls, none of the primary colours of international fast food chains, no Audis blasting Honey Singh's latest. Instead, cycle rickshaws and autos wind...
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Is Your Lifestyle A Standing Invitation For Diabetes? Make These Changes Now!
Can you beat diabetes? Yes you can! But you must understand the basic patho-physiology. In type 2 diabetes there is a combination of peripheral insulin resistance (improper action of insulin on fat,...
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