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How I got comfortable with my breasts

How I got comfortable with my breasts

The difference between “chest” and “breasts” is called shame.  Most people, including myself, have been conditioned to call breasts chest. And by doing so, for the past how many ever years, I have denied even their existence. I would stop myself from saying that word and use “chest,” because it is more socially appropriate so…

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The Indian Constitution and its Day

On the 26th of November 1949, India gave itself a philosophy through which it envisioned an all-round development of each of its citizens. Today, when we see the intellectual climate of the country, with increasing activism of justice-freaks and vigilance of good governance-advocates, we find that the Constitution is gaining more cards of itself. It…

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Visaaranai: A radical critique of systemic violence from Vetri Maaran

If one follows the current tendencies of Indian mainstream cinema over the past couple of decades, one sees a lack of films that deal with the intersection of caste and class violence perpetrated by the state. Visaaranai is an exception to the norm. Vetri Maaran (the director of the film) is currently considered to be…

A better world – Mother’s mental health is critical for child safety

A better world – Mother’s mental health is critical for child safety

The other day I was watching a video which had been shared by one of my social network connection on his page. The video had garnered close to some 2k views, and there were a little over three hundred comments. I usually tend to overlook most of these videos. However, this one happened to show…

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Love, Love, and Love

Have you ever been in love? I mean the kind of experience you mistake for love? I happened to witness one such roller coaster love story through my friends Ria and Arian. Ria met Arian in college. Nowadays, nuclear families leave the youngsters lonely, and the quest for a companion is inevitable. These fellows were…