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I Speak ‘Bhojpuri’ And That Does Not Make Me ‘Down-Market’. Read This Before You Judge Me Next Time!

July 4, 2015 by

“Munni badnaam hui darling tere liye, le jhandu baam hui darling tere liye” I am sure you would have heard the song, a peppy number from the Bollywood movie Dabbang and some of us would have even danced to it on several occasions. But how many of you have judged it for being sung in Hindi? Anyone? None? What if I tell you that this song is a rendition of a song originally … [Read more...]

We Went To See A Girl For My Cousin & What My Aunt Did There Was Shocking!

June 22, 2015 by

I am a child of a typical Indian arranged marriage. My entire family have had their marriage arranged and so, as it flows, despite of being a fairly-independent and liberal person, I am not considered worthy enough of choosing the right partner and will likely be coerced into an arranged match myself. Talking of arranged marriages, there is one aspect of it, I can never see … [Read more...]

The Ground Reality Of Acid Attack Victims – This Is Indeed ‘Ugly’ And ‘Shameful’

June 12, 2015 by

India today faces a realm of atrocities against women who constitute 48.5% of the population. Gender based crimes are frequent and standing tall amongst them is acid violence. I discovered that the number of women attacked is more than the number of men. The Law Commission of India Report submitted in July 2008 to the Supreme Court of India available at … [Read more...]

[Watch] The True Essence Of Love Between Two Girls – It’s Bold And First Of Its Kind

June 11, 2015 by

How many times have we seen love being beautifully portrayed in television commercials? Infinite. But out of those, how many times it’s between woman and a woman? None. Myntra is doing this for the first time in the history of television advertisements. And it’s a bold step by the ecommerce giant. Myntra has made a heart warming ad film for a kurta brand named … [Read more...]

Hollywood Portrays India Terribly. This Is What They Should Be Doing Instead.

June 9, 2015 by

“Poverty, filth, traffic!”, “Gandhi, poverty, over-populated”, “Poverty, slums, filthy” and repeat… Aforementioned are the responses of different Americans on asking them what are the first 3 things that come to their mind when they think about India (Source: A YouTube video). There was a second question asked to them that why do those 3 things pop up in their mind about … [Read more...]