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Madhuri Maitra
The Big Fat Indian Diwali4 Min readRecently, I was amused to hear that a ‘modern’ woman was heckled by her WhatsApp buddies for daring to enjoy traditional Karwa Chauth ce...
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Sid Balachandran When His In-laws Showed Him The True Soul Of Diwali5 Min read
“But it’s our first Diwali.” Her usually mellow tone altered. “So? What’s the big deal?” The conversation ended with me ...
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Darshana Doshi Male Victimisation In Indian Society6 Min read
(Names changed to protect identities) I am the quintessential Indian male who is conditioned to be a provider at any cost. My value sys...
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Jasmine Chokshi Do Karwa Chauth Expectations Stress Out Husbands?5 Min read
Urban dictionary defines 'hangry' as the state of anger caused by lack of food; or being hungry. But Indian husbands and wives knew of 'hang...
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Parul Gupta Surviving The Dark Days Of A Marriage4 Min read
As my father-in-law, an old cancer patient in remission, succumbed to secondaries within six months of my wedding, my status changed overnig...
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Joyeeta Talukdar He Fought His Family, To Help Me Fight My Demons5 Min read
Katyayani is the sixth amongst the nine forms of the Hindu goddess Parvati or Shakti, worshipped during the Navratri celebrat...
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Saumya Tewari My Valuation In The Marriage Market5 Min read
“Look, if you want to get married, this is the right age, because all the good guys get married young.” This was 5 years ago from su...
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Eisha Sarkar Where's The Meat?5 Min read
Diary entry, 3rd to 5th March 2007, Vadodara, Gujarat: “I am surrounded by people of all shapes and sizes in various hues. ...
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Jayeeta Ganguly The Love Story Of Maya And Meera5 Min read
(Names changed to protect identities) “Our homes are a mere four-five kilometers away, but it has taken us 14-15 years to cover that d...
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Radhika Tabrez Some 'me' Time After The Baby4 Min read
It was going to be a first for all of us, I realised, as I packed nervously for a week away at a writers’ retreat. For my husband, taking ...
