Back then we woke up as we pleased, showered if we felt like it. Ate elaborate home-cooked meals and spent the afternoon on the couch watching reruns of FRIENDS. In the evening we stepped out for a walk/drive if we…
No sales. No discounts. Just a l’il bit R E S P E C T
Celebrate Women’s Day in style. 300 per cent off on cosmetics! This women’s day gift her a kitchen appliance! Women’s Day special. Gym memberships at 100 per cent off! It’s on TV, it’s on hoardings, it’s on print ads and…
Sexist banke Jiyo Parsi?
Late last night, scrolling over my Facebook timeline, I came across a brand new campaign by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to help the shrinking Parsi community. As someone married into a Zoroastrian Iranian family, I got excited and clicked…
The Big 3 O : Where Birthdays Graduate
For the last couple of years, I’ve had a mixed feeling about my own birthdays. Sure, I’d excited about the cake, the gifts and the attention. But each birthday was taking me closer to the end of my 20s. My…
One year. 365 days
Exactly a year ago, at 5.15 am someone called me. I just can’t remember who it was. ‘Papa gele,’ that voice announced. My papa. My grandfather was gone. Less than ten hours ago the doctors had predicted it. But I believed in…
Marathi Movie Review : Rege
Mumbai’s underworld, a topic very rarely tackled in Marathi cinema, is at the heart of this week’s Marathi release Rege. Abhijit Panse’s directorial debut has received a lot of praise across the festival circuit and rightly so. Born in a…