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My Parent’s Marriage Story: Would They Be Happier if They Separated?

If Marriage Story were to be remade in India, it’d be about two people who realise their differences yet act like nothing’s wrong, living in a black hole of loveless denial until death actually does them apart. A lot like my parents.

Damian D'souza June 29, 2016

POV

Is Botox to a 40-year-old, What a Bikini Wax Is to a 25-year-old?

I do not hold a high-profile, high-maintenance job. And I am certainly not a star who needs to look radiant every single day. I’m an average, middle-class woman in her 40s. Am I still eligible for that botox shot?

Chandrima Pal June 25, 2016

Modern Family

Call Me By Maa’s Name: Why I Dropped My Father’s Last Name as a Tribute to My Mother

I inherited my surname from my father, a man who left my mother and me when I was 12. By changing my last name to my maa’s name, I have chosen to pay tribute to her. It’s an act of defiance against social norms, which insist we carry our father’s family name into the future.

Aakash Ranison June 17, 2016

Modern Family

Still a Girl: The Side of Our Mothers We Refuse to See

I used to view my mother’s life as a gilded cage that she’d been forced into. But a few years of age have taught me that our mothers’ version of adulthood preserves the childhood that our generation often loses by the time we turn teens.

Nimisha Misra June 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Mai Review: A Chilling Blend of Violence and Innocence

Netflix’s Mai starring Sakshi Tanwar in a brilliant central role is a well-performed series based on a familiar premise. It does most things well, except resonate on an emotional level but is certainly worth watching and waiting for.

Divya Unny June 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Hereditary Review: Family is the Greatest Horror of All

The most inventive stroke of Ari Aster’s Hereditary is that it has the greatest horror villain of all time: family inheritance. The film takes the saying “skeletons in the closet” literally, giving us a genuinely terrifying portrait of a family’s breakdown.

Poulomi Das May 20, 2016

Gender

Why Good Indian Boys Never Become Good Indian Men

The metrics for being a good child are different for Indian boys and girls. There is a soft bigotry of low expectations for boys, and a very high degree of expectations from a girl. By 10 years of age, my sister was equipped to survive a season on LOST – but I was the good boy who didn’t need to do anything more than tuck his legs in.

Hardik Rajgor May 19, 2016

Gender

What Legacy Does an Ordinary Housewife Leave Behind?

The way we have come to view history, tends to paint men as architects and actors. But where are the women in our history books?

Sneha Khaund May 18, 2016

Modern Family

Why Don’t Indian Families Say “I Love You”?

Indian families are diverse in every way, especially in how they choose to express affection. There are the boisterous, pappi-jhappi ones – and then there are the quiet, awkward-hug kind of families who pass on a strained emotional inheritance to their confused millennial children.

Shalaka Pradhan May 18, 2016

POV

Mama’s Shawl, Papa’s Wallet… Is It Alright to Give Away Your Dead Parents’ Belongings?

Our loved ones live on in us and in our memories, but they also live on in the little and not-so-little things they leave behind. Discarding the things that belonged to my mother and father has been a wrestling match between sentimentality and practicality.

Mugdha Singh May 11, 2016