french-girl-aesthetic

23Apr 202624 Apr 2026

The Myth of the French Girl Aesthetic

The Truth About the French Girl Aesthetic (From Someone Who Fell for It)

A couple of years ago, sometime around 2015, I fell into a very specific corner of the internet. It was…

Curious about Celebrity Net Worth? You Make Me Very Curious!

27 Aug 202228 Aug 2022

There is a problem with me. Something that makes me curious can get stuck in my head for days on end—until I have found the right answer (or the answer…

Malcolm Gladwell and I Have Something in Common

21 Aug 202227 Mar 2024

Thanks to the clickbait-y title, you are here. But wait, don’t leave yet because Malcolm Gladwell and I really have something in common. We are joined by our mutual love…

Elizabeth Gilbert…

From the Diary of an Elizabeth Gilbert Fangirl: Part 1

Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling manual on creativity, Big Magic is a book I love but I am not talking about that here. And I am also not talking about her famous memoir, Eat Pray…

Schedule Downtime to Beat Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

5 Aug 20225 Aug 2022

The solution to procrastination seems to be pretty simple till the time the procrastinator is only avoiding a task with a deadline. For instance, for me, just starting work on…

autoimmune diseases…

Did Covid19 Trigger My Autoimmune Disease?

1 Aug 20223 Aug 2022

My Pandemic Woes . . . During the first wave of the Covid19 pandemic in India, my husband and I contracted the infection. While he recovered quickly, my body got…

What’s Job-Readiness? Is it Fair to View Education with such a Myopic Vision?

31 Jul 202231 Jul 2022

I stand on the balcony of our first-floor flat every morning and stare at a humongous billboard: an advertisement for a large private university on the city’s outskirts that…

Personal/ Autobiographical…

The Truth About the French Girl Aesthetic (From Someone Who Fell for It)

23 Apr 202624 Apr 2026

A couple of years ago, sometime around 2015, I fell into a very specific corner of the internet. It was filled with articles and videos about French girl aesthetic, French…

Literature, books, and films…

Netflix’s Unchosen: Unpacking the Cult Dynamics Behind the “Trad Wife” Trend

22 Apr 202624 Apr 2026

I chose to watch Unchosen on a whim—one of those quiet, instinctive decisions shaped by a few seconds of a Netflix preview and a gut feeling that this might be…

Personal/ Autobiographical…

Why Do I Write in English?My Relationship With My Second Language

1 Apr 20242 Apr 2024

I am a product of a Eurocentric education system. I am a citizen of a former British colony where "Angrez chaley gaye Angrezi chhod gaye" (the English left but left…

I Am Not an Andrew Huberman Fan, But I Condemn Lazy Journalism Cancelling Him

26 Mar 202427 Mar 2024

Opinion pieces that prompt me to reflect and write immediately are often hard to come by. In short, I would not be writing this article if I hadn’t read the painstakingly long…

Literature, books, and films…

A Wishy-Washy Romcom I Wish I Didn’t Watch: Irish Wish

20 Mar 202420 Mar 2024

A Netflix original, Irish Wish directed by Janeen Damian is a banal attempt at the rom-com genre. The plot revolves around the female protagonist’s unrequited love for a man who…

Indian matchmaking…

When I Met Sima Taparia, The Great Indian Matchmaker . . .

18 Mar 202418 Mar 2024

Once in a while, there is a TV series about a particular country or culture that creates a lot of buzz online, becoming an overnight success—hugely dividing people’s opinions. Indian…

Literature, books, and films…

Bir Başkadır or Ethos is the First Ever Turkish TV Show I watched. Am I Disappointed?

16 Mar 202418 Mar 2024

Written and directed by Berkun Oya, Ethos now has a special place in my heart. It is my first, after all. A lot that must have been lost in translation is embodied…