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#InTheirWords: Why I Cannot Get Excited About India Winning Miss World

By Avantika Mehta November 22, 2017December 8, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, Beauty Pageants 0

On a Mumbai monsoon morning, I was pottering around my apartment looking for a computer charger. My roommate was a total nerd,

#NaNoWrMo: Raghu Karnad

By Avantika Mehta November 20, 2017December 3, 2017 In Books, Culture 0 Author Processes, avantika mehta 0

Raghu Karnad used to be the editor of Time Out Delhi. His first novel, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War,was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for 2016.

#InTheirWords: I Thought I Was Body-Positive Then I Gained Weight

By Avantika Mehta November 17, 2017December 14, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 avantika mehta, BODY POSITIVITY 1

I’m older, but not wiser, and most definitely fatter. As I turn 35, I think my empathy has grown, and I know my love handles have.

#NaNoWrMo: Prayaag Akbar

By Avantika Mehta November 15, 2017December 3, 2017 In Books, Culture 0 Author Processes, avantika mehta 0

Prayaag Akbar was the editor-in-chief of the Sunday Guardian, and then assistant editor at Scroll.in. His first novel, Leila, has been shortlisted for the Hindu Prize 2017,

#TLCTravels: Hidden Goa

By Avantika Mehta November 10, 2017December 3, 2017 In Art, Culture, Travel 0 Adventure, Art and Culture 0

If Goa was a person, by 2017 it’s wearing MC Hammer pants, neon sunglasses, and shouting out, “It’s GOAH! Time.” It wasn’t always like that.

#NaNoWrMo: Nilanjana Roy

By Avantika Mehta November 7, 2017December 3, 2017 In Books, Culture 0 Author Processes, Books 0

Nilanjana Roy is a prolific writer who runs one of India’s most respected book review websites. She is also the author of several novels including The Wildlings and The Hundred Name of Darkness.

#NANOWrMo: Authors and Editors on Writing: Ian Jack

By Avantika Mehta November 3, 2017December 3, 2017 In Books, Culture 0 Advice, Author Process 0

It’s that time of the year again– NaNoWrMo. Can you finish a book within a month? Maybe. Maybe you’re human and cannot.

#NotYourUsualPinUp: Peru’s Beauty Contestants Pull Up Country On Femicide Problem

By Avantika Mehta November 2, 2017December 3, 2017 In Features, NOT YOUR USUAL PIN UP 0 Beauty Pageant, Diana Russell 0

November 2017 kicked off in a wonderful way for the world where Peruvian beauty contestants, one and all, called out the South American country’s abysmal statistics of femicide.

#NANOWrMo: Authors and Editors on Writing: Nidhi Razdan

By Avantika Mehta November 1, 2017December 3, 2017 In Books, Culture 0 Author Process, Authors 0

Welcome to NaNo!

For those of you who don’t know what NaNoWrMo (short for National Novel Writing Month,) it’s basically #Inktober for writers.

Sikh Women in Sick Fashion: An interview with artist Jasjyot Singh Hans

By Avantika Mehta October 27, 2017December 3, 2017 In Art, Culture, Fashion 0 Art, Artist 0

Baltimore-based artist Jasjyot Singh Hans has long been a TLC favourite for his body-positive depictions of women and his love for moleskin notebooks.

What The Folks is a Fresh Relief From the Tired Bollywood Stereotypes

By Avantika Mehta October 23, 2017December 3, 2017 In Culture, TV 0 anula navlekar baldev trehan deepika deshpande amin dhruv sehgal eisha chopra harsh vyas hitesh chauhan veer rajwant singh vipin sharma, ayesha nair anand bhardwaj 0

Launched in August 2017, Dice Media’s 5-part series, What The Folks, has garnered a loyal following and is well into its second season.

Memoirs of My Body Deals With Difficult Women’s Issues While Retaining Joyfulness

By Avantika Mehta October 19, 2017May 26, 2018 In BOOK REVIEW, Books, Culture 0 avantika mehta, book review 0

Sharp, hilarious, and relatable are three words that best describe Shreya Sen-Handley’s book Memoirs of My Body. It opens with a seven-year-old Sen noticing her streaked underpants upon waking up after wet dreams about a boy who’s “literally from the wrong side of the tracks.” The young girl wonders what the discharge means?