Reporting patriarchy

Journalist Priyanka Dubey’s new book, No Country for Women, documents rape cases across India. In an interview, she talks about reporting on rape and why the media needs to be more sensitive Priyanka Dubey, a journalist with BBC, has come out with her first book that documents rape cases across India. It took her six […]

Shush! It’s India!

In India, where sex and sexuality are such hush-hush subjects that parents hardly ever discuss it with their children, many teenagers tend to develop a skewed understanding of it. Here is a look into how most Indian teens learn about sexual intercourse It is no secret that the list of things we cannot talk about […]

#MeToo whirlwind & its after effects

The last thing women in India need is for the perfect storm of the #MeToo movement to become a storm in a teacup The #MeToo movement has become pop culture. Sounds too frivolous? No, because pop culture is serious too. Caitlin Moran writes, “Pop is the cultural bellwether of social change. Because of its immediacy, […]

Perpetually under construction

The tale of two flyovers tells you in a nutshell why traffic bottlenecks occur and what lack of planning is doing to make driving around the city such a nightmare On a bright winter Sunday, you may feel the warm sun beckoning you. It seems to say: Take your car out and enjoy my glory […]

Party time

Gorge on plum cakes or book yourself a staycation at a city hotel – here are some options for enjoying the spirit of Christmas and New Year’s Eve The Christmas Basket Theos in Noida is offering a variety that can boggle you—traditional plum cake, eggless plum cake, alcohol free eggless plum cake. Then there are […]

Kulfi magic

This is a name that has been spotted at some of the most star-studded events in India, most recently at Isha Ambani’s wedding. Kuremal Mohanlal Kulfiwale have catered for big Bollywood names like Amitabh Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor. The business of Kuremal’s has been handed down through generations in the family. Even though the brand […]

FOR THE ‘BIG AND TALL’

Brands have finally discovered the market for plus size clothes, and started catering to this segment A walk through Noida’s Mall of India is like witnessing a parade of the many apparel brands the country’s retail industry has to offer. Out of the many, ‘All’ from Future Group is one label that comes across as […]

For fame or fortune…

…not for God and country. That is clearly what the book Fortune’s Soldier tells us about the motivations of the adventurers whom the East India Company brought to India in the 18th century Alex Rutherford is the pen name of London-based couple Diana Preston and her husband Michael, authors of the six-part series Empire of […]