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A Dangerous Appeal
Is the chatter around the idea of an “ideal woman” and traditional gender roles resonating in the toxic manosphere leading to more women relating to the ‘trad wife’ trend?
5 min |
April 21, 2025

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May the Force be With You
Parents have a duty of care to equip girls with the emotional and intellectual resources needed to confront misogyny
5 min |
April 21, 2025

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Haseena Maan Jaayegi
Adolescence is unflinching in its portrayal of how young men are socialised to feel entitled to women's attention and affection, and yet, it isn't exactly breaking new ground. These ideas were seeded much earlier in India, and, by extension, its populist cinema
6 min |
April 21, 2025

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Boys Can Cry
We need to create safe spaces at schools and homes where frank conversations can happen without judgement
5 min |
April 21, 2025

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Memory is a Country
Despite the cuts and controversy, L2 Empuraan will remain documented in public memory for its bold attempt to represent a dark phase that no one wants to talk about
5 min |
April 21, 2025

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IN ONE SHOT
A technical masterpiece, Adolescence exposes the deepest and darkest corners of incel culture, male rage, masculinity, manosphere, teenage violence and social media ... one long shot at a time
10 min |
April 21, 2025

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Sepia-tinted Memory
Framing Portraits, Binding Albums highlights the startling absence of family photographs in academic discourse in India and underlines the importance of deconstructing them as artifacts of social studies
6 min |
April 21, 2025

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The Rabbit Hole
An anti-feminist masculinity is attracting young boys on the Internet. Blaming women for the pressure on men, its champions believe they are only opening men’s eyes to the misery in their lives
7 min |
April 21, 2025

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Leave the Kids Alone
Social media may be the elephant in the room, but it is not the sole evil we are making it out to be
5 min |
April 21, 2025

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Who is Afraid of Hindi?
The sentiment of Hindi imposition in Karnataka is not yet strong within the state because of the absence of the archetype of Hindi
6 min |
April 11, 2025

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Repressed Memories
It was at the end of 2016 that ‘Repressed Memories’ was initiated in Chennai. I was in my twenties, searching for direction and my place in the world. With a borrowed Holga toy camera in my bag; my Enfield took over an hour to escape the city where I had grown up.
3 min |
April 11, 2025

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A Drop in the Ocean
Is the Centre going out of its way to find means to punish “disobedient” states? The fund and project allocation pattern proves this
4 min |
April 11, 2025

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Legal Limitations
Delimitation, if done mechanically, could fracture India's federal fabric. If done wisely, it could strengthen democracy
4 min |
April 11, 2025

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Code Green in Orange Country
As the ghost of Aurangzeb comes back to haunt the Sangh's once peaceful backyard in Nagpur that saw only two riots in a century, the police draw flak for their action targeting only the Muslims
10 min |
April 11, 2025

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My Name is Red
The recently concluded Moscow Fashion Week got it all. The pretty press, the performed patriotism and the positively political. But there was more
8 min |
April 11, 2025

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For the Sake of Palestine
Francesca Albanese reminds us that it's easy to be a decent human being
5 min |
April 11, 2025

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10 Stunning Wedding Venues To Explore
IF YOU ARE DREAMING OF A WEDDING CELEBRATION FIT FOR ROYALTY, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THESE PALACES AND FORTS ACROSS RAJASTHAN
5 min |
April 11, 2025

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The Arithmetic of Injustice
Delimitation will reduce Tamil Nadu, and by extension much of the south, to spectators in a democracy where they have long been equal stakeholders
4 min |
April 11, 2025

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A Southern Storm
“Women and children have no part in war, yet they pay the highest price.” —Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist & Nobel Prize winner
5 min |
April 11, 2025

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Magical Places To Take Your Pheras
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RAJASTHAN'S VIBRANT AND HAPPENING CITIES TO HOST PHOTOSHOOTS AND WEDDING EVENTS THAT WILL BE A FEAST FOR THE EYES
6 min |
April 11, 2025

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Winners' Loss
Delimitation will affect not only the non-NDA parties, but also NDA partners
6 min |
April 11, 2025

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South's Tax Revolt
The objection of southern states over tax devolution alludes to broader challenges in India’s federal structure exacerbated by the impending delimitation exercise
5 min |
April 11, 2025

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Bollywood Bliss
RAJASTHAN'S STORIED ROYAL HERITAGE AND SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPES MAKE IT ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATION WEDDING LOCALES IN INDIA. IF YOU WANT TO GET HITCHED BOLLYWOOD STYLE, CHECK OUT THESE AMAZING VENUES WHERE THE \"STARS\" HAVE ALIGNED
4 min |
April 11, 2025

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Star Wars
With old alliances fracturing and new ones being forged, the global order is not just shifting—it is being rewritten in real time
10+ min |
April 01, 2025

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All the President's Men
Is the US reset with Russia due to the China factor?
5 min |
April 01, 2025

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Interminable Chaos
Is the ongoing global geopolitical security crisis ephemeral or a continuum?
5 min |
April 01, 2025

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Enter, a New Perilous Era
How long will it take us to understand a profoundly transformed global order?
5 min |
April 01, 2025

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Where is My School?
Has the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme met its target to push for girls' education a decade after it was launched?
5 min |
April 01, 2025

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Shivaji's Rabindra Sangeet
How does Bengali literature perceive Maratha heroism, especially in an age of religious polarisation?
5 min |
April 01, 2025

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Mother Russia
Just a couple of days before we landed at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, there had been a major drone attack by Ukraine in the Russian capital.
3 min |