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An Ode To Middle-Class Dreams: ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare’

Leave a Comment / Media & Pop Culture / Saairah Mehta

An Ode To Middle-Class Dreams: ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare’ Long gone are the days when media would use objects such as swans and flowers to represent sexual advances allegorically. Bollywood and mainstream media have always been rather thorny about addressing subject matter relating to women’s needs and fighting against the patriarchal we have […]

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‘Badhaai Ho’ – Mom, Dad, That’s Just Gross!

Leave a Comment / Media & Pop Culture / Gaurvi Narang

‘Badhaai Ho’ – Mom, Dad, That’s Just Gross! A tricky theme in the garb of wit and humor, the film Badhaai Ho tackles the apprehensions regarding sex and pregnancy in the most Indian and relatable way ever. There is no false trope of empowerment, no long feminist narrations, or any kind of overzealous attempts at

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Promoting The Freedom To Bind: Women And Narrative Entrapment In ‘Bombay Begums’

Leave a Comment / Media & Pop Culture / Sakshi Arya

Promoting The Freedom To Bind: Women And Narrative Entrapment In ‘Bombay Begums’ This article contains spoilers! As Bollywood uses snippets from reality to portray honest accounts of sexuality, stigma, and spatial changes, on-screen representation of femininity in India’s entertainment industry easily becomes a scale for measuring women’s acceptability in the real world. With the recent release

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How Prosperous Is ‘Laxmii’ Movie Narrative For The Transgender People?

1 Comment / Media & Pop Culture / Subhi

How Prosperous Is ‘Laxmii’ Movie Narrative For The Transgender People? The world of media can provide space for different representations. It provides opportunities for different narratives to come-in and makes themselves heard, through their media story. However, for the same, there are a series of sanctions that a particular narrative has to acquire. It has

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Parents and Attachment Styles

Leave a Comment / Pratisandhi Blog / Manjir Das

Parents and Attachment Styles A friend broke up because her partner was too clingy. “ I am not used to so much affection all the time”, she told me later. That same day another friend seemed upset because her “daddy issues” makes her choose the wrong partners. A few days later, people went gaga over

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Parents and Risking Binary

Leave a Comment / Pratisandhi Blog / Subhi

Parents and Risking Binary One of the countable joys that a doctor feels is the moment of giving the good news to a couple who have become parents. The child comes to the world, bringing with it responsibilities and priorities for the couple. As the mother pushes out the baby, with the angst of having

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Parents and ‘The Talk’

Leave a Comment / Sex & Relationships / Gaurvi Narang

Parents and ‘The Talk’ It all starts when dads smartly reach for the television remote as soon as Cameron Diaz starts kissing Tom Cruise passionately while the entire family is enjoying movie night on the couch. The moment her lips wrap around Tom’s, your dad’s fingers wrap around and clutch the remote quickly as he switches

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Parents and Teen Dating

2 Comments / Sex & Relationships / Manya Arora

Parents and Teen Dating The natural parental instinct or rather, a uniform belief of parents says “my child doesn’t do that.” Things they say, things they do, and things they expect from us are all meant for the purpose of us having a good hassle-free life. They try to act for our best interests. However,

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Parents and Mental Health Discussions

Leave a Comment / Pratisandhi Blog / Arshia Bathla

Parents and Mental Health Discussions In many Indian households, the big hush-hush topic is mental health, especially when it comes to teenagers and young adults. In a video about the issue, one of Instagram’s favorite content creators, Kareema Barry, brings up common remarks that Indian parents are infamous for making. When you’re in tears laughing about

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Parents and Gaslighting

Leave a Comment / Pratisandhi Blog / Uma Sathwika Manda

Parents and Gaslighting “You’re crazy!”, “That never happened”, “You’re remembering things wrong”, “What are you talking about?”, “You must be confused again”, “You’re overreacting.” You get to hear them every other day and these statements actually harm you in ways you would never have imagined. In case you didn’t know, this is called Gaslighting. Gaslighting is

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