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Why Are Indian Women So Shy of Baring Their Bodies in Front of Each Other?

I’ve grown up never seeing my mother bare her body in front of me. And, this personal modesty rubbed off on me when I started swimming lessons. It was only in a ladies’ locker room in San Francisco, where I saw women in different stages of undress, did I realise it was okay to be comfortable in and with my body.

Preeti Vangani April 6, 2016

Pop Culture

Parasite’s Oscar Win Is A Sign That You Should Watch These Five Bong Joon-ho Movies

There's no better time than now, when #Parasite's worldwide recognition has revealed an appetite for world cinema, to take a deep-dive into Bong Joon-ho’s filmography. Go rewatch Parasite in the theatres as many times as you’d like, but come back after and watch these five films that are a testament of a generational talent working at the absolute height of his powers.

Ronak Gupta April 6, 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

Indigo, Discrimination and Raising A Special Needs Child: A Mother’s View

As the mother of a special needs child, the Indigo incident was triggering. For it brought back memories of the times where I have fought discrimination and societal ignorance to get my child to be treated fairly.

Sonam Patel March 16, 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

Modern Family

Why Indians Need to Stop Seeking Their Parents’ Approval

One thing that I’ve found common between Indian millennials is that even though we’re dead sure about our choices, we’re still struggling to get our parents’ approvals on them. Because as parents, your generation has dedicated their whole life to their kids. Because as children, our parents’ validation for our choices has come to matter to us more than our own choices.

Madam Sanskari March 7, 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