FEELING FLABULOUS!

Participating in the Ms India Curvy contest was a journey of discovery — both of the modeling world and of herself — for this plus-size single mother Delhi is not my favourite place – at least, that was my impression after three visits over the last 20 years. That is why, before flying down from […]

Tug of war

The Delhi government is adamant on not implementing centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme. But is this political quagmire going to deprive patients of benefits? is Delhi’s healthcare setup efficient enough to provide the same assistance? Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), a scheme touted as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme — has […]

Capitalis by Manjul

KB Goel: The Critic in his Labyrinth

Born to a family of grain merchants in the year 1930 in Deeg, Rajasthan, Kanha Babu Goel lifted himself from his provincial background during his journalistic career in Delhi. In the 1950s, the world of art came to life in the capital and he began to review art exhibitions. In time, as galleries flourished, he […]

Swiping right can go wrong

Hooking up on a dating app like Tinder often leads to happy endings but sometimes one partner reads the signals wrong and nasty situations develop Harsh Singhal (name changed), 20, a fashion design student in Delhi, met a person on Tinder who he thought was “good-looking and polite.” After talking for a day and meeting […]

Figuring it out

VIOLENT CRIMES According to the latest government figures, 1.7 lakh women were raped between 2012 and 2016— which translates to an average of four women being sexually assaulted every hour over that span. A 2017 survey revealed that 40% of transgender people faced some sort of sexual abuse before turning 18. The survey, conducted by […]

Biology cannot decide destiny

There is a difference between sexuality and gender—the two words should never be confused or used interchangeably Before we dive into the visibility regarding gender complexities, I would like to reiterate two differences in two different discourses that are significant in order to understand the points raised in this article, which also hold the potential, […]

Slotting women

From being a mother who single-handedly looks after the house and spends the day cooking and scrubbing utensils to being an object of desire for men who can entice them with deodorants, women are either domesticated or commodified in Indian advertisements Ensuring that the child grows up to be ‘taller, stronger and sharper’ by having […]