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Thank You, Next: Today’s Relationships and Gadgets Aren’t Made to Last

We have little tolerance for disruptions and would rather spend our time and energy on the new and exciting. Why should I stick to a cranky piece – of a gadget or a person – that demands constant attention when there’s a sleeker, more seductive version in the market?

Purba Ray April 11, 2016

Love and Sex

The Fine Art of Small Talk

In a world of texting and updating, opinionating, and standing up, we’ve forgotten the pleasures of small talk.

Parthshri Arora April 8, 2016

Bollywood

Ijaazat: Bollywood’s Finest Take on Love, Marriage, and Adultery

Gulzar’s Ijaazat can tell you almost everything you need to know about love and marriage. It reminds you that falling in love is an instinct beyond our wilful control. And that an “extramarital affair” is often a reductive way to define what might be an inescapable maze of emotions and sense of responsibility.

Runjhun Noopur April 8, 2016

Modern Family

“Only for Families, Madam”: A House for Mrs Kulkarni, Divorcee

“No, no, madam, this flat is only for families,” was the constant refrain Mrs Kulkarni heard when she walked out of her decade-long marriage and attempted to find a house. But by God she would find one – by hook or by crook.

Lofn April 4, 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

Bollywood

Kiss and Tell: Between NickYanka, Virushka, and DeepVeer, Who Wins the Instagram PDA Competition?

The rules of love have changed; competitive social media PDA is the order of the day. Celebrity couples are leading the charge with the most perfect kiss and the warmest hug. But who are the King and Queen of Insta-love? Nickyanka, DeepVeer, or Virushka?

Chandrima Pal March 28, 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

Earth

Life After Plastic. It’s Fantastic

Years before plastic became pervasive, you went to buy ration swinging a cloth bag. The local butcher wrapped up your mutton in yesterday’s newspaper. But plastic adapted itself like a shape-shifting hydra to suit our urban needs.

Aparna joshi March 26, 2016

Love and Sex

Pati, Patni, and the Woeful Woh

An extramarital upheaval in my life – and my screenplay – helped me realise that all it takes for a man to come back, is for a woman to know that she doesn’t want him anymore.

The Dire March 26, 2016

Love and Sex

“Daddy Ji Ghar Pe Hai” : Teenage Hormones Taught Me the Art of Sneaking In

Sneaking into your girlfriend’s room in the middle of the night may not always require a ladder or a C-O-O-L necklace, but it’ll always require industrial-size gonads. Depending on whether your parents are KJO cool or Sairat savage, consequences for getting caught can range from being disowned to being disembowelled.

Jackie Thakkar March 26, 2016