Just Chemistry
Sex and romance and all of that may be purely chemical but well, life is a chemistry lab.
Relationships
Navigating Family, Friendship, Marriage, Colleagues, Companions & other social connections
Falling Lessons
I had Judo lessons where they taught us to fall correctly & not hurt ourselves. How come no one ever told us about falling in love safely?
Trust Is A Trapeze Without A Safety Net
A friend asked me yesterday how I would feel if my boyfriend took off on a trip with my best friend. I thought for a bit and said, I trust my best friend implicitly so I think I’d feel a lot safer if my boyfriend went with her rather than…
A Moral Dilemma: Being PC Gay Ally, Not A Tease
I was preyed on by someone hiding behind the rainbow flag. It made me introspect on what is prejudice and what is instinct. The moral dilemma continues.
Motherhood – The Great Indian Relationship & The Only One
It’s easy to blame Raja Betas on poor motherhood . But ‘Wake Up Sid’ made me realise that Indian women are molded into a peculiar kind of motherhood.
The ‘It’s Complicated’ Relationship
We are a generation of options. ‘It’s complicated’ refers to everything in our lives. But is it just the men making it so?
Long Distance Relationships
Let’s be honest. Given a choice, I would never pick a long distance relationship. I mean, what’s the point? Like DeePad says in Love Aaj Kal, Kya fayda? Relationship ke jo achche things hai woh nahin. (What’s the point? The benefits of a relationship aren’t present.) And yet, I guess…
The Man-Child: Tribulations Of A Twenty-Five-Old
There is a new kind of man about making me rethink my notions of relationships. Welcome to the 25 year old who comes with his own tribulations.
A Letter
I received a letter. What I didn’t say changed the conversation she started.
A Friendly Date And Some More Revelations
Yesterday I went out with a friend whom I haven’t seen or spoken to in eight years. This is one of my memorable Facebook moments since that’s how I found him after all these years. It was an odd, intense friendship back then and for various reasons, we just lost…