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Hey Virat, do your bit to eliminate single-use plastic… maybe carry your own bottle to the dressing room
The Swachh Bharat campaign, admirable though it is, imagines that it can sweep the plastic away from public places. But where to? The city dump yards have been full for many years now, our villages are the new dump yards.
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Dear Sabyasachi, my mother gave up sari for a reason and she won’t be shamed for it
When Sabyasachi stated that Indian women who don’t know how to wear saris should be ashamed of themselves, he didn’t explicitly state that Indian women should wear saris at all times. But to burden them with a compulsion is unfair.
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2017 Rewind: Getting hard to laugh out hard!
We are living at a time when one wonders if an opinion is even an opinion if it doesn’t offend someone! The ‘topics that hurt’ range from something as inane as Snapchat dogfilters to something as intense as Padmavati. Deepika Padukone’s nose can smell the smog of intolerance, literally.
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Google’s most-searched in 2017 were Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Matt Lauer; but whose year was it really?
Google’s annual list of most-searched people included many men, but the reasons for their making the list really has another story to tell – that this year has actually been of the survivors, the women, the victims who have spoken up and supported each other.
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Virat weds Anushka: Some tough questions for the newlyweds
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are now officially Virushka (or would they prefer Korma?), but the partnership made in heaven still has to address some very tough questions – from what was served at the wedding to honeymoon destination, the inquisition will last a while. Just don’t take it too seriously!
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TIME magazine’s The Silence Breakers cover is inspiring, but it’s a long way to go for women
The title, TIME Person of the Year, irrespective of its decision to remain gender-neutral, has ended up time and again privileging and acknowledging men in positions of power. It is only the eighth time in the title’s 89 years of existence that women made it to the cover.
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Who are ‘The Silence Breakers: #MeToo’, Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2017
By naming ‘The Silence Breakers’ of the #MeToo movement as the Person of the Year for 2017, Time magazine has put the spotlight on how two simple words brought about a huge wave of awareness across the globe.
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Javed Akhtar gets trolled for typo in Girija Devi tribute even after apology; when will this inane trolling stop?
Javed Akhtar tweeted out a tribute on the demise of Thumri singer Girija Devi, with an ‘autocorrect’ typo, but the poet-lyricist was incessantly trolled even after he apologised. When will this culture of ‘trolling just for the heck of it’ really end?
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#MeToo: The social media movement that got us to speak up; but what’s next?
By no longer being isolated narratives, the hashtag #MeToo and the stories of sexual abuse have created a comforting and reassuring solidarity among the survivors and have also propelled some perpetrators to ‘speak up’. The movement, however, is not passing judgement but is merely creating a space for conversation.
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Aunty ki Ghanti: When trolls step out in the real world
It’s just sad, the desperate attempt to get attention, in whatever form. The Internet is a powerful medium, but with great power comes with great responsibility, and we must put it to good use. It’s also a bit scary that an unthinking mass of shrill folk can be summoned for just about anything.
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From Baahubali to fairness creams, a dark matter
Black, overall, stands for negativity or, at best, creates an air of mystery. So, whether it’s a black or “evil” heart, black magic, Black Friday or just dark despair, black, defined as the absence of light, is rarely a harbinger of joy.
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Offended? Think again! The unnecessary noise of trial by social media
Next time we’re ready to scream ourselves hoarse, let’s check the facts and pick battles we are going to stick with in the long run. Otherwise, it’s all just noise.
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VIDEO: ‘I’ve been wearing men’s gazes for so long now’
‘What were you wearing?’ This powerful video takes a dig at the laconic nature of public outrage.
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Bangladesh’s ‘only female rickshaw-puller’ will give you serious life lessons on determination
From being a single hapless mother to becoming Bangladesh’s ‘only’ female rickshaw-puller, Jasmine’s journey, undoubtedly, has been an uphill as well as an inspiring one.
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Here’s the shocking reason why you should stop sharing the viral video of tigers chasing a drone in a park
The so-called park is actually a slaughter farm!
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VIDEO: Patanjali’s latest cosmetics ad is all shades of sexist, and cringeworthy
The advertisement that not only mocks women but implies that being ‘carefree and cool’ is actually bad!
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President Trump, can’t spell? Let India do it for you!
Here’s a letter for US President Donald Trump.
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This Black woman wrote a heartfelt open letter on facing racism as a Bollywood fan
“If I decided to write an open letter today, it is to point out the challenges in being a Bollywood fan of another ethnicity,” writes Fabienne Menoud.
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A social media scrutiny of Melania Trump indicates she’s one to watch out for
While US President Donald Trump seems to follow through with his pre-election claims, Melania Trump is still bit of a wild card.
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Shocking! Three men gang-raped a woman and live-streamed it on Facebook; what does it say about us
Reportedly, one of the men, in the video, told the woman, “You have been raped”.
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It’s not the clothes, it’s the mind set: These hard-hitting illustrations fight the greatest myth around rape
Tired of women’s clothing being blamed for rape and molestation, a Mumbai-based photography and videography startup designed a hard-hitting photo series to highlight that it’s not the victim’s clothing that’s responsible.
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Photos for Facebook, Twitter over saving lives: This girl’s FB post after her sister’s death hits hauntingly home
Sadly, this is not the first time such insensitivity of people on social media has come to light.
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This Malayalam wedding ad shows society’s continued obsession with casteism
Despite our claims of being rational and reasonable thinkers, it seems there’s still a lot of work to do.
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Mind your own business, people! What Kareena and Saif name their child is not your concern
Part of the pandemonium is the price a celebrity Bollywood couple is forced to pay. Some of it is, however, plain absurd.
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After backlash, Jack and Jones withdraws ‘sexist’ ad featuring Ranveer Singh; but is that a solution?
How could the countless people (and one is being hopeful that gender equality exists) charged with assessing the various sensibilities of an ad miss these offensive tonalities?