In many recent releases, men have flaunted their salt and pepper look but older women are shamed for embracing their age. Why can we not see a female protagonist sport her grey hair and not be shamed for ageing? 

We are well aware of the fitness icon Milind Soman’s love for running but do you know how much of that comes from his mother? Here’s why you need to know who is Usha Soman.

The strangest part to see was that the woman who abused the man had herself faced similar abuse just a few debates back.

Relationships like that of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas face heavy criticism, trolling and hateful comments. Why do we, as a society, condone such double standards?

Fans shelled out money to a vlogger because she is a ‘good looking host’. Now that a technical glitch has revealed the reality who should bear the blame for this con?

The world used to go on about ‘don’t ask a lady her age’ when I was growing up. These days, I hear this phrase far less. Does it mean that we are more easy with the idea of being/not being a certain age-bracket? Or have we eased up on hiding our age because we are […]

Not many conversations about physical beauty include names of women well into the fifth decade of their lives. Which says so much about our perception of aesthetics, physical attraction and even love. Popular French author Yann Moix in a recent interview said that he was “incapable” of loving a woman aged over fifty. The prize-winning […]

Of the many places where you expect to face bias, encountering ageism at a pub is not one. Yet a group of 40- somethings were in for a rude shock, at a pub in Goa, when they were denied entry as they were too old. A woman tweeted about how one of her relatives along […]

Our obsession with aesthetics knows no bounds. Through an ad in a newspaper, in Chandigarh, someone is looking for a good-looking, smart woman as his companion for morning walks. The job even comes with a salary and specific duty hours. Lord knows who placed this ad and why. While what comes across as merely seeking a companion for morning […]

While women are always criticised for failing to accept ageing gracefully, the attitude of people around them doesn’t make the task any easier. Singer Pink recently hit out at a troll who critiqued her for looking old. Wow Pink looks so old that should be named Purple instead — Huachinango Refrito (@huachinango83) May 16, 2018 […]