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Why I Chose To Break Up With the Bra

Twelve years after I was first introduced to the bra, I decided to break up with it. It wasn’t a decision borne out of rebellion or one to support a socio-political movement. Some of us just like going braless.

Vaishnavi May 3, 2016

Bollywood

How Ranbir Kapoor’s Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Became the Conscience of a Generation

Long before Hindi cinema made an aesthetic out of the middle-class, Shimit Amin's criminally underrated Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, offered a distinctive snapshot of the challenges of middle-class employment, carving with a comical clarity that the good employee is not always the right employee.

Poulomi Das April 23, 2016

Features

Neeraj Ghaywan: The Middle-Class Boy Who Breathed Life into Bollywood’s Masaan and Sacred Games

The award-winning filmmaker, Neeraj Ghaywan, quit a cushy corporate life and charted his own course at 30. The result is sensitive films like Masaan, that drew accolades at home and abroad, and the second season of Sacred Games.

Pranay Dewani April 22, 2016

POV

What Mumbai Stands to Lose When Chawls Turn to Skyscrapers

As Mumbai undergoes redevelopment, skyscrapers are taking the place of the city’s old chawls. For the people living in these 10x10 pigeonholes, it means moving into apartments with a toilet inside the house. It also means giving up the bonhomie and security that living in a chawl affords.

Damian D'souza April 11, 2016

Bollywood

Bala Review: A Simplistic Comedy that Remains Enjoyable Despite its Bald Patches

Despite its glaring flaws, Amar Kaushik's Bala stands out for packaging its grand ideas in the language of small-town India. The film underlines how incapable men are to withstand the cruelties of unreasonable beauty standards that they have heaped on women for centuries.

Poulomi Das April 9, 2016

Money Matters

Budget 2019: Is the Income Tax Slab Enough to Make Us Forget about Unemployment Rate?

The super-populist interim budget of 2019 had something for everyone – small farmers, the middle class, and retirees. Considering this is an election year, we expected nothing less than a budget to appease the masses. For once, the government has not disappointed.

Adhirath Sethi April 1, 2016

People

Remembering Vijaya Mulay, the Woman Behind the Legendary DD Film “Ek Anek Aur Ekta”

Those who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, learnt about national integrity and unity through a seven-minute animated film that aired on Doordarshan called Ek Anek Aur Ekta. The woman behind this little film with a big heart, Vijaya Mulay, passed away on Sunday, at age 98.

Chandrima Pal March 27, 2016

Culture

Welcome to India, IKEA. Meatballs Aren’t Going to Be Your Biggest Problem

Welcome to India, IKEA. Let me also warn you that India is going to be no cakewalk. Selling DIY furniture in a land when memsahib calls carpenter ji to fix a screw is as tough as convincing us to stand in queue or follow traffic rules.

Damian D'souza March 23, 2016