Posted inPeople
Part-time Businessman, Full-time Gaurakshak
Their eyes keep tabs on meat eaters and Muslims. Vigilante gaurakshaks are prepared to rape and kill to protect the cow.
Posted inPop Culture
In Search of India’s First Female Serial Killer
The psychosis of Ramanna in Raman Raghav 2.0 is predictable. I wonder why Cyanide Mallika, the notorious killer who poisoned six women, has never captured a filmmaker’s imagination.
Posted inPOV
Humbly Submitted for Your Esteemed Perusal
High-flown language may have developed as a means of officialdom to isolate itself from common folk but thanks to our feudal hangover, we continue to embrace it in our daily lives.
Posted inPop Culture
What Rock On!! 2 Gets Wrong About the Indie Scene
Getting real musicians is great for lending Rock On!! 2 indie cred, but how about capturing the spirit of the scene properly? Where is the agony of playing shit gigs at shit venues?
Posted inPop Culture
My Day Chasing Pokemon in Mumbai
PokeGo has driven the world crazy chasing virtual monsters but it’s had a few bonus benefits in the real world too.
Posted inCyber
“When I’m Happy, I Dress in C Major”
Neil Harbisson sees the world only in black and white. But he has the ability to hear colour. Telephone lines have now become green, and Amy Winehouse’s Rehab is pink.
Posted inVice
I Smoke Very Well
Why do I smoke? Quite apart from the addictive nicotine, I really enjoy it. Yes, smoking kills. But so does living.
Posted inLove and Sex
A Parshya I Knew and the Archi I Might Have Been
Sairat reminds me of my summer romance. We held hands when no one was watching and kissed under a mango tree. And then…
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The (Possibly) Short and Tortured Life of Irshad
Irshad was chatting with Yakoob, when his friend was shot in the abdomen, and killed. The story of a child from the Valley who became a person of interest.
Posted inGender
The Life and Times of a Surrogate Mother
Leaving stigma behind in the dust of the fields they toil in, Gujarat's surrogate mothers are scripting a narrative of change.