I pride myself on being a prudent shopper. No, those fancy handbags and the glittery shoes are not for me, you Giant Consumer-baiting Corporation. I can enter a mall, an airport, or the famous shopping districts of the country and come out not a penny poorer; yes, I am that strong! Or a miser of…
I get called weird a lot. On my face, at my back, all the time. I don’t have a problem with it. I accept that I really am weird, multiple levels of weird personified, in fact. But who isn’t, right? Let me get down to some facts. We are all crazy, weird, not-so-normal. We are…
Much ink has been spilled over the last few days since prime minister Shri Narendra Modi announced India’s withdrawal from much anticipated Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations. India said that the underlying spirit of RCEP doesn’t align with Mahatma Gandhi’s Talisman, which takes into account the well-being of the poorest of the poor. While India opted out,…
We can reasonably say that discourses about Indian culture mostly borrows its context from closely knit familial bonds, institutions like marriage, caste, respecting elderly wisdom, and so on. There are also aspects that place immense emphasis on devotion, spiritual enlightenment, wisdom from rishis and epics, minimalist and frugal living, coexistence with nature, written and said…
A couple of days ago, my very adventurous husband brought home two exotic fruits – Kiwi and dragon fruit. I call them exotic because I’ve never eaten them. Maybe there are people in this city who eat them so regularly that they’ll roll their eyes when they hear me call those fruits ‘exotic’. I don’t…
In the current age of International Relations and the global world order, the idea of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) exists only in name. At the very outset, I would be mocked for even daring to imagine a NAMic world. With the resurgence of three superpowers in the international scenario- US, Russia and China, and followed by…
Why does no one talk about how anxiety is so much more than just panic attacks and breakdowns without cause? Anxiety is also your ruined gut health that makes you shit six times a day. Anxiety is also your hair follicles hurting and your scalp paining because of the stress. Anxiety is being continuously irritated…
A car is like a home on wheels. We are out on the road, but we are under a conventional roof chatting about the routine, and carrying the same egos, loves & relations like at home. The customization it offers is enchanting: Cosy seats, desired temperature, choicest music, and noise reduction. It has got almost…
It appears that in life, we are in a zero-sum game. It is full of dichotomy and paradox of all kinds. On one side, the only solution for a society to be possible appears to be the rule of law, while on the other, we find the law looking at things in black and white….
India is one of the emerging powers in the world currently. The country of diversified cultures and religions is facing a challenge in the name of rapidly increasing pollution levels in various parts of the country. Not just India, many developing, developed, and under-developed countries are also facing the same due to pollution and its…
‘Content Writing’: Two words that possess the most bizarre definition in the world currently. A definition so bizarre that once, Aussizz, a company that provides visa services to anyone who wants to go to Australia for higher studies and whatnot, did hiring using these words. And the person who got hired was given a duty…
It’s a common belief that living in an Indian metropolitan city means that all your problems are solved. It’s like Jiya’s Nani from Shararat just randomly popped in your life, snapped her fingers, and poof! You’re now living a life that many would kill for! But the reality is – sorry to say– a lot…
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