This piece reflects on how earlier generations learned respect and acceptance toward imperfect parents, without labeling them as toxic. Today, therapy culture and social media often encourage blame over balance. While boundaries matter, healing must also include accountability, maturity, and understanding parents as flawed humans doing their best.
Winter once knew how to knit. It arrived without spectacle, settling into afternoons, leaning against windows, making room for the quiet. And with it came
A personal reflection on everyday misogyny, consent, and misplaced progressiveness—revisiting a conversation that revealed how deeply patriarchy survives beneath the mask of modern thinking.
Homebound left the reviewer with mixed emotions—its raw realism and the haunting portrayal of migrant workers during Covid moved her deeply. Yet the persistent emphasis on caste and religious bias felt slightly overstretched. While powerful performances elevate the film, its depiction of India leans towards negativity. Still, it’s impactful and worth discussing.
After Delhi’s first showers, a fresh samosa and a tangy chutney fall into their familiar, playful banter at Sharmaji’s tea stall. Though different in texture and temperament, they realise they’re incomplete without each other. Briefly united on every plate, they create magic—an eternal, irresistible pairing savoured in countless memories.
A reflective tale about memory, longing, and the quiet complexities of marriage — where the past brushes gently against the present, revealing how love, in its many forms, endures through time, restraint, and unspoken understanding.
Patriarchy and shame often come in the way of early detection of breast cancer. And this is not limited to women; men are also deeply embarrassed by what is perceived as a women’s disease. This October, on the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this article serves as a gentle reminder that you are never too young or too old, and it’s not just women, as we have been told, for breast cancer affects men too.
Despite progress, gender bias still haunts girls in sports, as seen in a young cricketer’s daily struggles. Idolizing Smriti Mandhana, she faces stereotyping and ignorance. A powerful ad and the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 highlight changing tides. It’s time we support women’s cricket as passionately as men’s.
The DINK (Double Income, No Kids) lifestyle offers financial freedom and flexibility, but the real issue lies not in raising children, but in poor planning. Parenthood need not feel like a burden if finances and responsibilities are managed well. Ultimately, thoughtful planning transforms obligations into blessings, ensuring a fulfilling life.
Long before 1947, a forgotten chapter of Bengal’s history saw defiance, courage, and self-rule-an extraordinary tale of autonomy that remains absent from most textbooks but deserves to be remembered.
