Living With The Struggle
So he got bored and decided to create two of himself? And that turned out to be another struggle?
Pop Culture
Books, Film, Fashion, Food, Music, Performance & all things popular culture
Interesting Things
“She tried to be the kind of person that interesting things happened to.”
Just Playing Games
Games are just stories we feel we can script. Simulations of a life we can win. Algorithms we run, hoping for a different outcome.
Masters Of Sex: How Do We Do This Without The Men?
In the story of Masters and Johnson (Masters Of Sex), Bill Masters does not come off looking good in any way.
A Song Of Silence
What does loneliness sound like? A scream that no one seems to hear. Gasps that don’t make it past the throat. Sentences written in invisible ink. The redacted words on a page. It’s feeling unwanted, unnecessary, irrelevant even. Then you remember. You still exist. The print under the graffiti, the face…
Masters Of Sex: Wake Me Up When You Realise Sex Isn’t About The Man
I’m currently watching the TV series, Masters of Sex. It was the first show I began on Netflix when I first subscribed. I had to stop and move to other things that were easier. I’ve tried to come back several times and I think this time I’ll manage to finish…
Where I Lay My Hands, Is Home
In 2009, the BMC, Mumbai’s civic body invited citizens to come paint the walls of an arterial road abutting the railway track. Home.
Go, Selfie!
Why is a selfie taker shamed so much?
The ‘Only If You’re Sad’ Guy
There’s a certain kind of man who gets off on sad women. It’s an entire trope – The Depressed/Tortured/Troubled/Damsel-in-distress that the guy ‘rescues’ with minimal emotional investment by clowning around. He is not a Manic Pixie Dream Guy. No, the original in that trope is not a person and only…
Angry Girl Of Indie Rock Persuasion
I was an angry girl of the Indian rock persuasion in a saree.