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Candlelight Marches in Assam, Gang Rape in Delhi: Eight Years After Nirbhaya, Sexual Violence Still Plagues Indian Women

In Delhi, a 14-year-old girl was raped by four men aged 17 to 30. In Bengaluru, a 20-year-old nursing student from Assam was raped and murdered. It’s horrific but headlines like these have become far too frequent in 2020.

Arré Bench June 13, 2016

POV

The Truth in Black & White

Don’t worry, black people! This is how we treat everyone who is not a savarna Indian male.

Bhanuj Kappal June 10, 2016

Pop Culture

Arré Checklist: Four Reasons Yoga Isn’t a Legit Workout Anymore

There’s now a form of yoga for every occasion, and in some of them, the surya namaskars have fewer health benefits than snapping your fingers.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 10, 2016

Pop Culture

Guilty Review: The Netflix Movie Wants To Make a #MeToo Statement But Doesn’t Know How To

Netflix’s Guilty, which traces the investigation of a rape accusation made on Twitter, had the opportunity to stand out as a film that explores the changing nature of consent in a post #MeToo world. It squanders that chance and instead tells us a story told far too many times – that rape survivors are often disbelieved.

Poulomi Das June 9, 2016

POV

Behind the Scenes at Delhi’s Madame Tussauds

Why does one go to a Madame Tussauds at all? The cult of celebrity drives many of us in this country, but what convinces us to spend money to indulge in what I can only explain to myself as necrophilia of the eye?

Manik Sharma June 7, 2016

POV

Shouldn’t the People of Kashmir Have Had a Say in the Revocation of Article 370?

I am not going to debate whether the revocation of Article 370 is going to be good or bad for Kashmir and India. The result of this action will only be clear with time. But what we must consider is the way this whole manoeuvre was orchestrated. And what that might portend for the future of our democracy.

Karan Mujoo June 5, 2016

First Person

Why Leaving Campus Reminds Me of an Amicable Divorce

Graduating from college, if you’ve lived on campus, is like a bittersweet parting, like a divorce. You love its positivity, but you know it’s over. You know that everything has an expiry date.

Aastha Anupriya June 4, 2016

POV

Crime and Punishment for the Stoner Soul

I’m always marked out by the cops as a prime suspect on their “drug-addict eradication mission,” because I weigh a grand total of little more than my backpack, and my hair defies Newtonian laws of gravity.

Aryan Malhotra May 25, 2016

POV

“Bro, Hindi Mein Bol Na!” What I Miss the Most in Hindi-Speaking Delhi is My Mother Tongue

As someone who was rebuked back home in Kolkata for speaking too much English and not enough Bangla, I never imagined what I’d miss the most after moving to a new city is my mother tongue.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 17, 2016

Earth

What if We Stopped Complaining about Delhi’s Pollution & Fought It? I Decided to Cycle

While cycling in New York, I felt a sense of great pride in being a part of the two-wheeled, non-carbon-emitting vehicle tribe. I realised that maybe it was time to unleash my inner Greta Thunberg on Delhi, a city desperately in need of some eco-warriors. What happened next will shock no one.

Rupha Ramani May 11, 2016