Dushyant Shekhawat, Author at Arré

The Silver Lining to Mo Salah’s World Cup Exit

With Egypt unlikely to advance further than the group stage, Mo Salah’s World Cup campaign will come to an end on Monday, leaving millions of fans heartbroken. As a pick-me-up, here are three silver linings we can find in this result.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 20, 2016

Pop Culture

BoJack Horseman Does What The Simpsons Can’t

A cartoon featuring a horse person is a better illustration of the millennial situation than most live-action and other shows with regular humans.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 19, 2016

Love and Sex

Congratulations Millennials, You’ve Now Killed The Wedding Proposal

A long-forgotten classmate announces he’s getting hitched, and from that point on, it’s likes, camera, action. Social media has turned the simple proposal into an affair more elaborate than the Royal Wedding and Modiji’s inauguration ceremony put together.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 17, 2016

Sports

We Should All Be Talking About American Superwoman Megan Rapinoe

US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe was the woman to watch out for at the FIFA World Cup. She is not just a great player, she’s a symbol of our changing times – a lesbian footballer standing up against Donald Trump and fighting hate. Which is why her legend will spread beyond the field.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 15, 2016

Pop Culture

There’s an Indian Flavour to Get Out’s Everyday Racism

The casual racism and stereotyping in the Oscar-winning Get Out is part of everyday India. We assume Christians are alcoholics, Gujjus are food Nazis, Bengalis are over-sensitive, and Marwaris are kanjoos.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 14, 2016

Pop Culture

Let’s Call It Spooktober: Why October is the Best Time to Binge on Horror

October is a twilit month, suspended between bright summers and shadowy winters. For a fan of horror, there’s no better time in the year. This year, it’s The Terror, a gripping survival horror series, and the new Stephen King adaptation, In the Tall Grass, with which I’m greeting the season of spookiness.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 14, 2016

Pop Culture

Finding Comfort in Star Wars after a Week of Distressing News

The thought of watching another Jedi vs Sith battle while protests raged across the country was enough to cause a little guilt. But at the demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan, I realised that even here, there were people resisting the Dark Side of the Force.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 14, 2016

POV

Is it Time to Clean Up Your Facebook Friend List As Elections Near?

When your uncle who only posts old songs on Facebook, or friend who spams Instagram with memes is suddenly discussing national policy, you know you’re now scrolling through your election newsfeed. And like Thanos in the upcoming Avengers movie, there’s no running or hiding from it.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Keeping Up With (and Losing Count of) the Kardashians

Kylie Jenner didn’t just have a baby, she launched a new vertical in the sprawling Kardashian media empire. At this rate, there’s going to be too many Kardashians to keep up with by the end of 2018.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016

POV

Why We Need to Leave Andaman Islands’ Sentinelese People Alone

Outside contact with Andamans’ Jarawas is forbidden, as it is with the Sentinelese, but a search on YouTube will find tourists in the Andamans going on “Jarawa safaris”, where the islanders dance for cameras and accept fast food from vehicles. The free people of North Sentinel Island should not go this way.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016