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Throwback to My Dumb Younger Self

Life is a journey that changes you – sometimes for the best, sometimes for the worst. Whichever way, you don’t stay the same all your life. More precisely, you don’t stay the same throughout your adulthood. Of late, I have… Continue Reading →

An All-Out Thappad

When All Out came up with its “Tough Moms” campaign in early 2018, it became an instant hit for its message – when mothers are tough on their kids, support them, for they do it for the kids’ good. Shared… Continue Reading →

Swooning Belles

I was listening to the song “Mundhinam Parthein” from the Tamil movie “Vaaranam Aayiram”, yet another Gautham Menon movie that was hailed for its ‘True love at first sight’ bullshit. (In hindsight that seems to be the core theme for… Continue Reading →

Condemn Not, Condone Not

Like all of India, I woke up today to the news from Telangana of the death of 4 men who gangraped and murdered a 26-year-old veterinarian only 10 days ago. My first response was “Good! The bastards deserved it!” After… Continue Reading →

Misogyny in Movies – Q&A

I have been receiving some questions and views on my last post which was an extension of the forever-ongoing “Kabir Singh”/”Arjun Reddy” controversy which I was staying away from till now. I thought of replying to my friends in their… Continue Reading →

Let’s Pamper Our Old Babies

I happened to listen to a relative of mine talk about how difficult it was for her to listen to her 85-year-old mother keep repeating the same thing over and over again due to age-associated memory impairment. She kept saying… Continue Reading →

Parvathy – The Phoenix Vs the Minions of Gods

Quite some time back I read a write-up on Facebook about the then Alleppey District Collector, T.V.Anupama. It was written by a resident of Alleppey. Anupama was well known already for her commitment towards fighting corruption and serving common man,… Continue Reading →

#AuntyjiApologise

There was an amazingly atrocious movie that came out in 2002 – Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani. Those who have watched this movie – I feel you! Those who haven’t – you definitely should, someday! Since it is difficult to… Continue Reading →

Cheerleaders of Stalking

I started writing this blog back in July 2016 right after the gruesome murder of Swathi, a young girl of 24, by her stalker in Chennai. Rejecting his advances multiple times and choosing to not be with a guy she… Continue Reading →

Tearing Down Myths with ‘June’

I happened to see a Facebook review from someone of a new Malayalam movie called ‘June’. I hadn’t heard of this movie until then and even now it’s not the movie I am going to write about. Two points that… Continue Reading →

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