Aviva Dharmaraj
What It’s Like To Live in a ‘Haunted’ House
“In the middle of the night, we saw the spooky shadow of a child flit past, we could even smell him. All of us stopped breathing for a minute.”
How Pegging Gets Women in India To Stick It to the Patriarchy
Google searches and experts confirm that the sex act is having quite a moment in India.
World Is Yours: How a Cheap Synthetic Drug Is Ravaging India’s Northeast
A potent mix of caffeine and methamphetamine, WY tablets are cheap because they are usually spiked – coming in from the Myanmar border and peddled behind school and college canteens.
What It’s Like To Be the Punching Bag of Your Friend Group
“I have encouraged people to make me the butt of jokes because I feel I can take it. There are some others in the group who cannot, so if I absorb all the jokes, they don’t end up fighting with each other.”
Consensual Teen Sex Is Real Complicated in India
Parents are abusing a law meant to protect minors from child pornography and sexual offences, to discourage those under 18 from having sex on their own terms.
These Photos Capture Queer Intimacy Up Close and Personal
“Growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I didn’t see many representations of queer intimacy or vulnerability in the mainstream.”
Why Love Dictates Life For Bollywood’s Finest Young Superstar
From building female friendships that give her the support and space she needs to charting a life beyond her wildly successful movie career, Alia Bhatt spoke to VICE on how she’s keeping it real.
Why We Fall for Propaganda Films So Easily
Turns out, we love slotting things as “pure evil” or “pure good” and it’s not coz we’re inherently lazy (though we’re that too).
What Is ChatGPT? For People Who Still Don’t Get It.
Will it take our jobs? How can I use it to my advantage? Is it just a bullshit generator? Is it already changing the world? At what cost?
We Asked Atheists How They Deal With Their Religious Families
And what to do if moving out is not an option.
Just Let Gen Z Make Reels in Art Museums
Taking multiple selfies at art shows and in front of artworks might seem annoying to those of us who don’t, but what if we acknowledge it instead as a different form of engagement with art, specific to the times we live in?
Why Are Indian Men Constantly Making Headlines For Pissing On People on Flights?
As most passengers will attest, airline companies do not offer golden showers in their flight packages, be it economy or first class.