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Why Do We Celebrate Bhai Dooj but Ridicule Karwa Chauth?

We are extremely vocal about the inherent patriarchy of festivals like Karwa Chauth, but we still celebrate Bhai Dooj. This is a strange dichotomy because both festivals are based on the same concept – that man is stronger than woman, who is always in need of protection.

Ashwina Garg April 3, 2016

Love and Sex

The Space Between Us: Finding the Beauty & the Balance in a Long-Distance Marriage

As my husband and I sleep in separate beds, miles apart, thrust into our own individual struggles, loneliness overpowers us. Phone calls and Skype can only achieve so much. We’ve been wrung out of patience, yes, but this has been our most courageous effort as a couple.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran April 2, 2016

First Person

My Father Sexually Abused Me as a Child. But I Still Can’t Hate Him

I was 12 when my father first touched me inappropriately. It took me reading about Lolita, more than a decade later, inciting and luring her stepfather into intimacy to realise that my first experience of any form of sexual pleasure came from my own father.

Vaishnavi March 30, 2016

Modern Family

How My Mother and I Became Friends… After My Father Died

Loss exposes how unprepared you really are. When my father died, my mother and I couldn't imagine a life without him or one with each other. But grief makes you look at the bigger picture. My father’s death is the reason my mother and I are no longer strangers.

Pooja Barge March 27, 2016

Pop Culture

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel Asks, “What’s So Funny About Checking Your Privilege?”

As a privileged upper-class woman, Midge Maisel keeps her comedy a secret from her elite social circle. But the second season of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel explores Midge’s anxiety as her disparate worlds collide.

Kahini Iyer March 23, 2016

POV

Smoke Trees & Raise Kids: How Marijuana Can Improve the Experience of Being a Mother

I wish someone had introduced me to weed on those nights I spent prowling around Haryana like a disoriented panther looking for my children. Think about it: If I was high, and Shardul announced right after his Grade XII exams that he wants to be a truck driver, I probably wouldn’t lose my temper.

Purba Ray March 8, 2016

Gender

Why the Dupatta is an Indispensable Accessory For Every Indian Woman

The dupatta doesn’t ask anything of you. In our journey through life as women, the dupatta has found a way to be a constant companion, sometimes as an escape, a wingman, or just as an expression of our desires.

Muskan Nagpal March 8, 2016

Parenting

Why You Should Let Your Children Make Mistakes

When I see my daughter making the same mistakes I made at her age, I long to rush in and take over the reins of her life. But I remember how I dug in my heels, how rebellious I felt when my parents tried to do this with me, and I hold back. Sometimes, you just have to let your children make mistakes, even mistakes that you know for certain will break their hearts and leave them in pain.

Modern Maa March 5, 2016