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Youth Identity (Homegrown Voices)

Previously serving as the assistant coach of the New York Liberty, Raman will be the first person of Indian descent to serve as a head coach across the WNBA and NBA.

Meet The WNBA's First-Ever Indian-Origin Head Coach

27 Oct 2025

3 min read

A lot, if not most, of my early opinions on family and marriage were based on my parents’ divorce.

5 Indians Tell Us How Their Parents' Separation Shaped Their Own Perceptions Of Love

23 Oct 2025

6 min read

It cannot be emphasised enough that children can experience the same schools very differently from each other – so what about creating learning experiences that are specially customised to his or her needs, aptitudes and natural inclinations?

Take A Look At Some Of India's Most Interesting Alternative Schooling Systems

aditi dharmadhikari

08 Jun 2021

17 min read

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Inside India’s Thriving Nudist Community

08 Jun 2021

8 min read

When I moved into my first “big-girl” apartment four years ago, one of the first things I did was cover the fridge with magnets, photos, and little mementos.

Cooking Up Belonging: Inside The 'Borrowed' Kitchens Of Young Indian Adults

19 Sep 2025

4 min read

Ideas of obedience and deference are embedded within India’s socio-cultural fabric.

Against Obedience: Power Distance & The Case For Cultural Defiance In India

18 Sep 2025

4 min read

Roy risks the charge of ingratitude to make a larger argument about power. In doing so she gives many of us a vocabulary long withheld: the right to describe love that did not always feel safe.

Arundhati Roy's New Memoir Dispels The Divinity Of Motherhood & The Good Daughter

Anahita Ahluwalia

08 Sep 2025

3 min read

The Cultural Relevance Of Hair Adornment For South Asian Women

The Cultural Relevance Of Hair Adornment For South Asian Women

05 Aug 2022

3 min read

The city is never asleep, but after dark, it is half-distracted — more tolerant, more permissive, and in some corners, more forgiving.

No Country For Lovers: Where Do Young Mumbaikars Hook Up?

Anahita Ahluwalia

06 Aug 2025

5 min read

Most of the people I interviewed say AI has made their lives better: easier, more reflective, less lonely. But they also admit that something’s shifting.

5 Indians Across Generations Tell Us How AI Is Reshaping Their Personal Lives

Anahita Ahluwalia

06 Aug 2025

6 min read

The internet has turned identity into a loop, formation, dissolution, re-formation, so fast it resembles not evolution but animation.

The Rise & Fall Of Every Version Of You: When The Internet Becomes A Prison Of Identity

Anahita Ahluwalia

28 Jul 2025

6 min read

College fests in India are truly homegrown creative ecosystems. They run on WhatsApp threads and favours, on borrowed speakers and broken printers, on over-ambitious ideas and the sheer will to pull them off.

Duct Tape Dreams: The DIY Cultural & Creative Legacy Of Indian College Fests

Anahita Ahluwalia

22 Jul 2025

4 min read

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