break-ups Archives

Pandemic Wala Pyaar: Why Dating Feels So Different in the Time of Coronavirus

In this pandemic age, anyone you meet has to make you feel like they’re worth risking a lot more than a bad date, and to find that kind of connection over a video chat is next to impossible. And if you agree to go out, it’s Victorian throwback: A masked walk with a safe distance between you, wide enough for a chaperone to pass through.

Kahini Iyer May 24, 2016

Pop Culture

Will Mrs Maisel Stop Being Marvellous and Start Being Vulnerable?

In its third season, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel continues to be a perfectly pleasant – if overly long – confection. Yet it still seems unwilling to call Midge’s courage into question and ask whether she has what it takes to be not just a better comic but also a better person.

Kahini Iyer May 10, 2016

Gender

Why Are Indian Women So Shy of Baring Their Bodies in Front of Each Other?

I’ve grown up never seeing my mother bare her body in front of me. And, this personal modesty rubbed off on me when I started swimming lessons. It was only in a ladies’ locker room in San Francisco, where I saw women in different stages of undress, did I realise it was okay to be comfortable in and with my body.

Preeti Vangani April 6, 2016