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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

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Everything is Fair in Water and War: How I Beat 10-year-olds at Swimming

I never learned to swim as a child; my landlocked family believed that Maths tuition was a more pressing investment. So at 25, when I signed up for classes at Very Maharashtrian Sports ComplexTM, I was in the company of only 10-year-olds. Suddenly, the moustache I grew over the summer felt like a terrible idea.

Pulkit Arora March 17, 2016