Every group has one single friend who hands out the best relationship advice. You go to them to rant, to whine, to overshare and when you just want to be heard. And they, in turn, are able to provide you with gems of relationship advice. But, aise kaise? Be it emotional, financial or morning motion […]
Do you know the feeling? When your entire being shrinks to the size of a pea; your memories retreat from the edges of your body until the very essence of you is neatly packaged and tucked away; you begin to dissociate from your physical self. It’s the feeling that follows when someone discards your personhood and […]
One rarely comes across someone like Ivaanka who is so illuminated not just from the heart but also from their outer appearances that they just blow away every single person who meets them! From her smile, to her rustic rich Bengali saree look, to her positivity and grit, it was hard to stop the conversation with […]
Where are all the heroes gone, someone asked? They are all around us. They may no longer wear masks capes. Which makes them even more special We have a hero here today. Someone you know well. Someone who has gone through a tragic period in life and now for the first time on a public […]
Sitting on the hostel’s terrace, and after one bottle down of desi daaru, my roommate nonchalantly told me she uses the pull-out method as a primary form of birth control. “I just don’t like all the hormones from the Pill. They make me gain weight, she said, flipping her hair like the most basic bitch […]
Things started off simple enough, there was music, I was looking good, drinks were flowing, and people were mingling. The pub we went to was known for it’s vibrant, friendly atmosphere, and once the actual party was over, the after-party began. The only people present were club regulars – people in the in crowd, […]
We’ve all heard of the friend zone; it’s the frozen tundra of the social world where men unite in their inability to get laid. More dangerous than Bermuda triangle, more difficult to get out of than a maximum security prison. Yes, that’s the friend zone. It’s the one thing every guy dreads but ultimately end […]
In India, we fall in love in the most classy way. Before the world asks-“ye rishta kya kehlata hai”, we tend to take our relationship to the next level of marriage. But instead of asking the girl-“mujhse shadi karogi”, most of the guys end up saying: I love you but, I can’t marry you. This […]
Dear long distance lover, I found pieces of me that had been missing ever since you left. Remember that sunny day when I was waiting for you at the metro station and kept my eyes on the exit gate. They were searching for you in that over growing crowd as if I lost something precious […]
In the past year, I’ve met 6 men. I say met, since I didn’t date them all, but it could have gone that way. Maybe. Maybe not. And now that I look back, I find myself facing an interesting – and frankly disturbing – contrast between the men I met on Tinder, and the men […]