Jackie Thakkar, Author at Arré

Work, Netflix, or Chill? How My Generation Has Lost its Battle With Eight-Hour Sleep

In our 20s, there’s no greater juggling act than trying to balance work, social life and a decent sleep cycle. If you’re managing to do alright in your career, while maintaining a semblance of a social life and despite this, are still magically getting a full eight hours of sleep every night, then teach me senpai.

Jackie Thakkar May 2, 2016

Pop Culture

20 Years after Dil To Pagal Hai, Checking on Rahul and Pooja

After hugging lustfully in front of the audience in 1997, Rahul and Pooja got hitched. But it’s not easy to live with a man who uses Coke as mouthwash and a woman who records all her feelings on audio cassettes.

Jackie Thakkar April 29, 2016

Love and Sex

Kiki, Will You Hire Me? How Tinder is Becoming the New LinkedIn

There’s more to be gained on Tinder than casual sex and long-term romance. Enterprising urban millennials are now using the app to increase their professional network, find their next freelance gig, and even meet a potential boss.

Jackie Thakkar April 20, 2016

Bollywood

Abhishek Bachchan Does Not Deserve the Trolls, But He Doesn’t Deserve Multiple Comebacks Either

Abhishek Bachchan does not deserve the hate he gets, but he also does not deserve multiple “second chances”. He is charming and has the gift of the gab, but he is not an efficient actor. It’s time Bollywood stops celebrating his many comebacks.

Jackie Thakkar April 20, 2016

Pop Culture

Netflix’s Living with Yourself Provides a Millennial Manual for Accepting Your Flaws

With two Paul Rudds living side by side, Netflix’s Living with Yourself shows how, in the end, we are all metaphorically battling a version of ourselves that we think we are capable of being. And the worst kind of emotional abuse is the one we inflict on our confidence.

Jackie Thakkar April 19, 2016

POV

Birthday Stress: It’s Your B’day So You Know You Want To Cry

Birthdays cease to be celebrations, once the needle goes beyond 25. Instead, they turn into annual reminders of unfulfilled potential, ever-ticking biological clocks, and how everyone your age is doing so much better than you.

Jackie Thakkar April 18, 2016

POV

Mi Marathi… Fakt When Convenient

In most of Mumbai, speaking basic-level Marathi is considered social currency. We rudimentary Marathi speakers are adept at doing “jhol” and possess an expertise in facilitating “mandavalee” with cops.

Jackie Thakkar April 13, 2016

Pop Culture

The Lost Art of Downloading Music and Compiling Mixtapes

In the early 2000s, millennials triggered the shift from cassettes and CDs to MP3 downloads. Armed with P2P clients like Limewire, we realised our internet connections gave us all the power to be amateur DJs in our own homes and cars.

Jackie Thakkar April 8, 2016

Sports

Inside The Mind of Gautam Gambhir

Here I am, starting my new innings in politics, standing next to Arun Jaitley. Who'd have thunk it? Then again, I've made a career out of making hopeless partnerships work. Record scratch. Freeze frame. Yep, that’s me, Gautam Gambhir. You’re probably wondering how I got here...

Jackie Thakkar April 6, 2016

People

The PT Sirs of Our Childhood: Pot Bellies and “Lep Right Lep”

All through school, Kumar sir and his PT “exercises” combined all the beauty of flight attendants making safety announcements with all the grace of Sunny Deol dancing to “Yaara O Yaara”. To this day, my Pavlovian reaction to the sound of a whistle is breaking into march past.

Jackie Thakkar April 5, 2016