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Five signs you are becoming friends: Facebook version

So you met through a common friend, you were cordial and had no hostility. And now you’re Facebook friends and  show up in each other’s virtual worlds. Are you becoming friends? Here’s how to tell: They acknowledge your comments by ‘liking’ them. Yes, your pun was hilarious, and yes, you …

Five Apps that would do very well in Chennai

Five apps that will make our lives in Chennai much, much, happier. Hello, may I speak to Apps please? Thank you.

Deepavali at home: As a Child vs As an Adult

STOP RUNNING WITH SPARKLERS IN YOUR HANDS!

How was your Deepavali?

Dear Cleavage, the first among my several open letters to human body parts.

Read my letter and learn something, Cleavage.

Dear Chennai II: Your prodigal child returns

Dear Chennai, I have returned. I have returned to your burning bosom, and I am once again engulfed, nay, ensconced– in your warm, scorching embrace. You may remember when I wrote you this letter, full of nostalgia and sentiment. In a happy miracle, it was immensely popular among us Chennaiites, much like …

Her: Commentary, Cautionary tale, Spoilers.

Contrary to popular belief, the movie Her was not about Ann Veal from Arrested Development. But here is what I think it was about.

Pink Sari Revolution: Review

Amana Fontanella-Khan’s Pink Sari Revolution tells the story of Sampat Devi Pal and her infamous Gulabi Gang, a women’s group based out of Uttar Pradesh(UP) in India, while following the controversial case of Sheelu Nishad vs Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi from 2009. Involuntarily, the book is a demonstration in the intersectionality between the …

Things I wish I had learned as a child

One of my resolutions to help me combat my hatred of New Years is to fight pessimism. It’s ironic and stupid, but growing oneself is not meant to be intelligent.

Behind the scenes with: Dhoom 3

Dhoom 3 is low hanging fruit, but I am a short, small person.

It is ‘nonsense against science’: Analyzing Mohana Krishnaswamy’s defense of the 377 in India

The Hindu ran a piece supporting the criminalization of homosexuality in India, and I try to analyze it for us illogically challenged folk.