Few Questions On The Ghastly Gangrape of 8-Year-Old Asifa Bano That People Do Not Want To be Discussed

Almost everyone who is talking about Asifa (Don’t fret if you don’t know what happened to her, read on to find out) is speaking as if it was just another case of crime against women. It was not. Many on my timeline were comparing her with Nirbhaya. It is as if they want to put […]

Four Short Stories From Rural India On How ‘Mandatory’ Aadhaar Has Wrecked People’s Lives And Left Them Begging For What Was Granted Earlier

If one looks closely, Aadhaar has stripped us of our basic dignity and has also converted us into a flock of sheep that asks no question but only takes orders and moves from one queue to another, every new day. This post isn’t about the innumerable deaths Aadhaar has caused due to it being ‘mandatory’ […]

Do Cats Also Practice Patriarchy?

One not so fine day when I was in the hospital taking care of someone dear to my heart, I happened to meet two cats. Actually, there were four of them if my math is right and those bitches didn’t trick me. Okay. Wait. Before I start, let me pause and ask you something important. […]

How Indian Media Is Losing Hold Over The Narrative It Once Held

Indian media is increasingly losing its hold on the popular narrative like it used to hold before the new government headed by Narendra Modi came to power in May 2014. In fact, Modi after taking oath of office said how he will set the narrative in times to come and not the media like it […]

‘Bengal Is Burning’ — The Need To Condemn FIR Against Sudhir Chaudhary & Co Even If The Channel Is Zee News

Freedom of Press to me is paramount. There are no two ways about it. There is no if and but. Government should have no say in what press reports and what it doesn’t. It is job of editor to do so. Government if it finds, the reportage is false, mala fide or one-sided then it […]

“Surgical Strikes” — The Politics And Rise Of Jingoist Television

Politicians may believe, people may believe but journalists should never take anyone on face value, not even army. Their only ally is truth and truth alone. We seem to have forgotten the basic principles of journalism all along and have comfortably turned ourselves into the extension of government in power. Would you believe if someone tomorrow […]

All you need to know about new Snapchat update: Rainbow tongues, paid replays and more!

The teen-senasation app Snapchat is changing and how! In a first, it has got in-app purchases, rainbow tongue selfies, ghost faces, science fiction lenses etc.. Power of Snapchat or its popularity lay in the fact how you were able to see your friends’ posts for just once. But that was an old story; company had […]