Posted inPop Culture
The Stark Knight Rises
Fantasy is meant to be inspirational and uplifting. But after this season of Game of Thrones, I found myself questioning why exactly I was cheering for these characters.
Posted inPOV
The SAD Truth about Punjab
The state’s multiple crises – a consumptive drug problem, farmer distress – can hardly be brushed under the carpet by hacking a film that purports to show its reality.
Posted inFirst Person
Life on Stutter Island
When you’ve lived with a lifelong stutter, everyone around you seems to have immeasurable patience.
Posted inPOV
The #UBLRaid Tweets: An Exercise in Grandstanding & Glorification
The CIA’s celebration of Usama’s killing is like a digital version of chucking tomatoes at his severed head. Wouldn’t a simple, respectful announcement be enough?
Posted inDisArré
The Bagwatis of Konark
Read this before you troll the PM for his comments on Konark’s Sun Temple.
Posted inPeople
People of Poi Tanda vs the Grim Reaper
In drought-hit Marathwada, where death looms large, other villages have surrendered. But a nondescript hamlet in Beed is winning the fight.
Posted inPeople
They Believe They Can Fly
India’s Ultimate frisbee team is trying to compete at the World Ultimate and Guts Championship – but they need a little more than encouragement.
Posted inPop Culture
Stranger Things and the Beauty of the Steve-Dustin Bromance
The Steve-Dustin bromance is an unlikely alliance of opposites, that cut across the boundaries of type and age. It’s also the sweetest thing Stranger Things will leave us with.
Posted inAnimals
A Dog Experiences War. We Call it Diwali
We are under attack. Almost every minute a bomb goes off. From the window I can see children with guns and soldiers running around yelling code words at each other, “Happy Diwali! Happy Diwali!”
Posted inPOV
No, I’m Not Made in China
I am sick of telling people that they don’t have to lock up their pet dogs in the storeroom when I go over to their house.