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Sewashree Boruah stretches comedy to the very edge of sanity with her improv videos. Pic/Atul Kamble

Unhinged and we love it! Why more Indian content creators are making crazy cool

Can brain rot be feminist? A bunch of desi creators are leaning into the ‘pagal aurat’ trope to make comedy. For them, it’s just laughs, but for their followers, it’s a glimpse of how liberating it can be to reject society’s expectations of them to be ‘ladylike’

‘My kink is not your crime’

In the wake of CNN’s report on an organised rape academy online, the enduring allure of ‘rape fantasy’ comes under scrutiny, raising urgent questions about consent and the thin line between roleplay and reality

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The first generation of Sahitya Sahawas kids celebrate Holi in the early 1990s. Spot Dr Niranjan Rajadhyaksha (executive director of Artha Global), Chaitanya Chinchlikar (VP Whistling Woods International), ace photographer Avinash Gowariker, Ajit Tendulkar (Sachin’s brother), and MNS leader Sunil Harshe

No storybook ending: Bandra’s Sahitya Sahawas to be redeveloped

The writing’s on the wall for an iconic housing society built for authors — also Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood home — as majority of residents give nod for redevelopment

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