Of all things being equal in a marriage in India, sadly, sexual consent isn’t. A lot of other things aren’t either, most times, but the very concept of sexual consent as being an integral part of the social and legal institution of marriage is absent. Marital rape is not a crime in India. Here’s Kiran Manral in The Married […]

It is that time of the year again, and I go into immediate and terrifying flashbacks to my youth. Holi. I think most women have a horror story from Holi celebrations and it always involves men and groping. These are stories that often don’t get told. Because, well, Holi hai. Here’s Kiran Manral in the […]

Let me state right off the bat that the division of labour in our house is most skewed. I do almost nothing. Put it down to laziness or sheet incompetence, but I do the bare minimum that I am required to do with good enough cheer and the occasional grumbling. The spouse does his bit, […]