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Articles labelled ‘society’

  • Sacred Cows, Indispensable Women

    Sacred Cows, Indispensable Women

    Even in a country as inherently classist as India, a lower class man has far more power than an upper class woman.
  • The Moral Policeman's Guide to Spotting Immorality

    The Painfully Noble Origins of Moral Policing

    Apart from what it dresses in, one needs to constantly monitor where the body goes, who it is seen with, and when it can appear in public places.
  • Words for a Silent Space

    Male Justice has marched on undaunted, and mutated into more potent and prurient forms.
  • The Virtue of Visibility

    As a woman, you are never entirely independent and detached; everyone has a stake in keeping your freedom in check. And they will never let you forget that.
  • An Alternate Fairy Tale

    In real life, you don’t get to have your cake and eat it too. Because it makes you fat.
  • Courtesy: Conversations

    Wait for the right person, the right backdrop, the right season, the right beverage, the right theme, the right everything.
  • Don’t Cross Your Lakshman Rekha

    The ambiguous Lakshman rekha from the Ramayana symbolises the many boundaries imposed upon female sexuality while growing up.
  • Playing a Losing Game

    Story books can glorify immolation in the name of love, but what they don’t tell you is that love kills in softer ways.
  • The Dawn of Opinion

    Hyperbole and extremism are taking centre stage in almost all public or private discussion, compounded by the influence of suspect role models and modern pop culture.
  • City of Blinding Truths

    Mumbai teaches you ignorance, regardless of whether you live in the tallest luxury tower or a tent on the sidewalk.
  • Unreelistic Expectations

    We all know that violence in films desensitises people to violence in real life, but what about romantic comedies?
  • Compromise

    His story was nothing new, I guess, to most working in the “biz”, but to me, it was quite repellent.
The City Speaks #6

The City Speaks #6

By Jai Undurti and Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
The City Speaks #6
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