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The Death of the Family Photo Album

There was a time when cameras would be kept away in our parents’ closets until a special occasion arrived. Today however, our cameras are perpetually out capturing everything from our morning grump to our Swiggy meal.

Nihal Bambulkar March 9, 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

Pop Culture

Ben is Back Review: A Heartbreaking Take on the Addiction of Maternal Love

In Peter Hedges’ Ben Is Back, maternal love comes without an expiry date – just like drug addiction. The film investigates the aftermath of addiction, both as a raging epidemic and as a crushing emotion.

Poulomi Das March 5, 2016

Pop Culture

Why the Enduring Myth of Mary Poppins Didn’t Need an Update

Raising children is never an easy business. Parents need all the help they can get. There is a reason why my father would once think of our original Mary Poppins VHS tape as a sound investment. Transfixed for the 140 minutes that it played, my sister and I would be out of his and my mother’s way.

Shreevatsa Nevatia March 2, 2016

Gender

Ties that Bind: How the Nose Ring that Enslaved My Mother Liberated Me

My mother refused to wear a nose ring, viewing it as yet another marker of marital status that found its way onto a woman’s body. By the time I was a teen, piercings signified a way for women to exercise their right over their bodies. I embraced this piece of jewellery as instantly as my mother had rejected it.

Anuradha Ganapathy March 2, 2016