The Blahcksheep
How are first impressions made? Shoes? The way people talk? Their hair? Mobile phone models? While it’s different for different people, I guess we can still reach a general consensus on one’s “appearance”. A person’s clothes and sense of style is often the first marker of their personality. Clothes make people feel confident, powerful and …
TW: Death by Suicide, Self harm, Drugs, Grief In this piece “Black Goo in the Falling Man: A Reflection on Bereavement,” the author tries to make sense of the suicides of his friends who struggled with life and addictions. Sometimes I wish I had become addicted to drugs in 2015. At least something substantial would …
#LoveMonth You can also read this piece in Nepali, translated by Anshu Chhetri here. My family often makes me wonder if the tradition of marriage originated in India. Our ancestors planted saplings on the fertile Indus valley, got married, produced children and the saga continues. Is that how an entire civilization grew? I have been …
#LoveMonth when i was eighteen i thought I’d marry the first person i’d say i love you to i thought i’ll fall in love only just once. like i could control it, like anyone can control it. so i didn’t end the things i should’ve. so i held on tight, even when my fingers bled. …
#LoveMonth You turn around in my arms, and with sleep still in your eyes, you take me in. Our eyes linger everywhere, trying to memorize as much as we can. It seems impossible to me that a body I’d known for a night could be embossed on my soul like I’d known it for years. …
An Examination of Labour Contribution, Crises and Concerns in India Abstract The 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution categorises issues related to labour as a subject of the Concurrent List. This gives both the Union and the States of India power to legislate over the subject, albeit with the Union having the ultimate power of …
Labour Law Reforms in India: Mythical or Ethical? Read More »
Decoding data arrogance, toxic masculinity and performance in the corporate sector performance (n.) /pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/{Did the monkeys sell all the bananas? Did they sell a few? Did they sell more bananas than we have?} I have worked in meeting rooms where they talk about this thing called employee ‘performance’. Meeting rooms are rooms in offices where …
Imagine the cast of a movie – any movie – standing in a row. There is a buff male protagonist in the middle, an attractive female by his side, a vicious-looking villain, and a motley group of side characters. I can almost foresee the plot as well. A handsomely muscular and overconfident man goes on …
Women in Movies: Everlasting Blowouts and Perfect White Teeth Read More »
On July 6, I finally ended my crowdfunding campaign. It was the most gruelling time of my life. On social media, I was subjected to intense trolling from strangers and severe judgmental tones from folks I knew. Despite that, after 40 long and arduous days of trying to collect 30 lakh rupees for my Masters …
Foreign Degrees are not the Jagirs of the Privileged: My Crowdfunding Experience Read More »