Balance is not a weighing scale where the good levels out the bad. An approach such as this leads to false equivalence, which underplays the wrong and overestimates the …
What I Learned by Talking to Someone Accused of Online Sexual Harassment
Apparently, there are "worse guys out there". But not being bad doesn’t automatically make you good.
What Should the Post-Pandemic Education System Look Like?
The government needs to work towards starting tech-based education in schools and focus more on value-based education.
Slur Against Nepali-Speaking Communities in ‘Paatal Lok’ Is Hardly a One-Off Incident
The big screen, small screen and advertisements alike have equally stereotyped the Gurkha community. The slur used in the web series will further reinforce such racial discrimination.
One Lockdown, Two Women, Two Stories
The real-life contrasting stories of two working women and their experiences during the lockdown.
How Quarantine Gave Me an Opportunity to Reconnect With Art
It took me three years and one lockdown to sketch again, and this time it’s going to stay.
‘Never Have I Ever’ Is Flawed, but So Is Much of the Criticism
The main issue with critiques of the show – a funny, unapologetically-itself series about an Indian-American girl navigating high school – is that it is being held to an …
Brick By Brick, Bengal Will Be Built Again
Kolkata is now fighting a dual war, against coronavirus and the fallout of a deadly cyclone.
Jinxed It
'I am not used to being happy for more than a second, without it getting ruined.'
Hands
A child sexual abuse survivor writes about how trauma manifests into guilt and anger.