(This article is the first in a two part series. The second part is published here) As the Homo Sapiens of India was gearing up for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), it occurred to the august minds of their winged, scaly, four-legged co-inhabitants of the earth to have a similar exercise. This was especially…
“What the actual fuck are you talking about?!” I had gotten up to drink some water in the middle of the night. I switched on my data to go on Whatsapp. One of the chats was from my friend in Sacramento, US. Him: Rekha! OMG! Kobe Bryant died. My gasp was audible. I couldn’t believe…
Sometimes all you need is a spark to start a wildfire. Samuel Taylor Coleridge found that spark in opium. Rabindranath Tagore found him, in the raindrops falling on the leaves. I would make myself a laughing stock if I compare myself with these literary greats, but I found mine on my way back from a…
For many of us, religion is a free goodie bag that you get from the supermarket. You can live without it. You necessarily didn’t pay for it. But because you are born, society wants to give you a welcome gift, a complimentary voucher of religion. We take it under the guise of free merchandise. But…
Recently Facebook and all social media were abuzz about child sexual abuse allegations on famous Hindi poet Nagarjun. The lady Gungun Thanvi in her thirties recently narrated the abuse that happened to her when she was merely seven years old in a Facebook post that was later found removed or hidden. The social media is abuzz with…
I first heard this term ‘homely girl’ in 2002, when my friend Ritu got married. She was only 23 then. Her sister’s brother-in-law liked her very much and so proposed her for the marriage. After completing her bachelor’s, Ritu was married off to that guy. Later I came to know that the person liked her,…
Mental health is probably the most ignored aspect of one’s health. Seeing the data of rising mental illness, it will not be suitable for us if we keep ignoring this impending epidemic. Globally, more than 264 million people suffer from depression. Over 8,00,000 people commit suicide every year, which is roughly one person every 40 seconds. There is…
Like all lovers, they too had a language of their own. And their love was violent. Now, she gets turned on by the smell of burnt weed or nicotine because it smells like him. The way his thirsty tongue rolls down her throat and slurps her up like soup, leaves her wanting to cling onto…
I will cover my head and face sometimes if it means so much to you. But I won’t cover my opinions where it matters Marriage is a euphoria, which gives butterflies and goosebumps at the same time. There was a time where our society was allowed to live without defining the paternal parent of a…
Every article has a meaning, and that exactly escalates the efforts to intertwine yourself into it. I want to keep this article as soft as it can be because I know the rage inside my mind has nothing to do with the outside world. The things that make me angry might be normal to others,…
Firstly, the author of this piece does not claim to be an expert in political science, philosophy, or political psychoanalysis. He is a typical, run-in-the mill student who loves to think and reflect. The current circumstances forced me to play out the following thoughts in my mind. These thoughts, to quote Bhagat Singh, have not…
The term ‘Democracy’ refers to a system of governance by the whole population. The rising awareness among people regarding the concept has caused sleepless nights for authorities around the world. From the streets of Hong Kong to the fields of the Netherlands, citizens are rapidly awakening to their constitutional rights. Our country hasn’t been left…
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