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THE MIND OF AN AVERAGE FRUSTRATED CHUMP (INCEL) By Aranya Bhagat
‘Involuntary celibate’ is an oxymoron for celibate are not involuntary. Yet, it's a name of a growing community of young men who are...
Jul 215 min read


PIANIST RYUICHI SAKAMOTO SAID, 'I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW, THAT I’VE NEVER DONE OR NEVER KNOWN.' By Bharat Madhok
I have never met Ryuichi Sakamoto and will never meet him as I came to know him after his passing. A pianist and a composer, his music...
Jul 24 min read


THE MISSING FATHERS By Aranya BhagatÂ
I have been fortunate to grow up with loving parents. Not everyone I have encountered has been  as lucky. A broken marriage is rarely a...
Jun 275 min read


DEEPAK JAKHAR, A PHYSIOTHERAPIST WHO HEALS LONELINESS By Mihir Srivastava
​ Deepak Jakhar, 26, is from a village in the district of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, and belongs to a family of able-bodied men who have...
Jun 155 min read


ANSHUL GUPTA: ROMANCING WITH LIFE by Mihir Srivastava
​​ The charming 40 years old Anshul Gupta has travelled the world and lived in France and the US for more than six years. While learning...
Jun 65 min read


​​​GENDER BENDING: THE PRECISE AMBIGUITY By Parmeshwarya Adya Bhagat
I first came to know of the concept of non-binary or gender queerness, while studying in the US, from a fellow student. I was ten. I had...
May 226 min read


ANATOMY OF A CASH HOARDER by Nishant Khemani
Poverty is a curse, but too much ready cash is a hazard too, particularly if it's out of the tax net, or the black money. It’s risky, not...
May 136 min read


SONIA KUMAR: VANITY IS NOT VAIN By Mihir Srivastava
Sonia Kumar has just turned 80 in style. Age has ripened her like an old wine. She has a charming persona and a bold demeanour . It's...
May 74 min read


​ABHINAV RAI: A WORLDLY ASSOCIATION WITH THE OCCULT By Mihir SrivastavaÂ
Abhinav Rai is a young man of 32 years who surfs on the choppy waters of destiny with a certain disdain. Son of an army officer, he had a...
Apr 235 min read


RATI KARWAL SELF-PARTNERED AND THRIVING By Mihir Srivastava
Rati Karwal, 56, is a single mother of a daughter and a son. She was 30 years of age when she walked out of a marriage—sowed the seed of...
Apr 205 min read


TRUST LEGAL: A LAW FIRM THAT'S RUN LIKE A FAMILY By Mihir Srivastava
Sudhir with Petal (center) and Ritwika Trust Legal is a unique law firm that's run as a family by friends. Partners are (best) friends...
Apr 145 min read


MY CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION By Parmeshwarya Adya Bhagat
In my final year of schooling, I write about education. Â I have the unique distinction of being schooled in the US and in India. That...
Apr 45 min read
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