Sharanya Manivannan
Weight of workplace
What about offices that expose the lifestyle and insecurities of their employees in the name of ‘good health’?
21 Apr 2022
Gender parity in civic services: Power struggles in a patriarchal society
It may also not be true at all, of course. Internalised misogyny is an interesting thing, and political power has a tendency to be ethically corrosive anyway.
26 Mar 2022
A Westland author’s plea for posterity
Speculation is rife about how this closure happened at all, but what is not discussed is just how short a window of time remains for Westland titles to reach the market.
11 Feb 2022
On the course of political polarisation
Call them silos, echo chambers, the algorithm or well-curated interests, but more and more, venturing out from ours is hard.
14 Jan 2022
A new year, and a renewed hope
I brought this year in by myself in a borrowed house by a beach: writing, reading, cooking, watching TV, listening to music, healing.
07 Jan 2022
Of culture, cricket and commercials
Two advertisements were withdrawn in India last week, each widel y commented on.
06 Nov 2021
A helpline for men in a utopian world
One of the largest, with a network of 40 NGOs, even brands itself as “saving” the Indian family system
28 Oct 2021
When privilege loses its power
The apps went down and the atmosphere cleared – just for a bit, just enough to breathe in what it feels like to be without them.
07 Oct 2021
Trying to log off in the digital era
This is because of the dire turn that social media and the Internet have taken over the last decade.
23 Sep 2021
Of assumptions & autonomy
Instead of just dealing with the particular intricacies of the case, the bench felt it fit to opine on Indian women’s desires and personalities at large.
02 Sep 2021
The echoes of evil
Sometimes, the heart is so weary that the hand can barely bring itself to click on a newslink. I feel this hopelessness often these days.
06 Aug 2021
Keeping up with the Guptas
The series stars actor Neena Gupta and her daughter, designer Masaba Gupta, playing themselves, referencing their lives’ events within the framework of fiction.
06 Aug 2021
A depiction of dance and desires
If you don’t already know it, you’ll just have to go look up what the acronym “WAP” stands for, in the new hit song that carries that title.
06 Aug 2021
Beyond black and white
At first, the monochromatic photos of women who frequently share their visages filled my phone’s screen — familiar and familiarly attractive.
06 Aug 2021
To take a trip back to the Bronze Age
I wanted to encounter my gods as objects of beauty, and not as objects of praise.
06 Aug 2021
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