Netflix's Adolescence Reveals How Fragile We Are
The four-part series, released on March 13, probes the motive behind a teenage murderer, including exposure to the misogynistic online “manosphere” led by influencers like Andrew Tate
Doesn't Society Normalise Subjugation?
Adolescence has left most of its viewers shocked and schools and news channels are amplifying the conversations that the series managed to start
India's Teenage Boys And Masculinity: Sticking to a Toxic Script
Whether you are a teenager living in North, South, East or West India, you are expected to stick to a certain normative script of masculinity
Netflix’s 'Adolescence': A Technical Masterpiece Exploring Teenage Misogyny
Netflix's Adolescence bagged six Primetime awards and two in Creative Arts, bringing its total wins to eight at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Adolescence exposes the deepest, darkest corners of incel culture, male rage, masculinity, manosphere, teenage violence and social media … one long shot at a time.
The Nightmare That is School in Netflix’s 'Adolescence'
Most of the students at Jamie's school in Adolescence are perfectly capable of tipping over the edge; Jamie just happened to take the plunge
Netflix's 'Adolescence': Parenting as a Horror Story
Adolescence deals with a parent’s worst fear—What if we’ve given birth to a criminal? There’s no real manual to parenting. How does one keep an eye on their child, without suffocating them and pushing them away?
Going Down the 'Manosphere' Rabbit Hole
An anti-feminist masculinity is attracting young boys on the Internet. Blaming women for the pressure on men, its champions believe they are only opening men’s eyes to the misery in their lives
Childhood Is Too Precious To Be Spent on Screens
Children are excessively using smartphones, which will disrupt their sleep patterns and increase the risk of depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts
Smartphones And Adolescence: A Lethal Pair
Nothing has taken hold of the lives of adolescents like the internet, and in particular, the smartphone
Raising A Son In A World Of Toxic Masculinity
We need to create safe spaces at schools and homes where frank conversations can happen without judgement
Will Society Let Adolescents Be Their True Selves?
Instead of environments where adolescents are treated as emerging contemporaries with opportunities for diverse exposure and relationships, modern adolescence frequently involves infantilisation coupled with segregation into age-specific subcultures divorced from meaningful adult interaction or participation in social production and governance
Misogyny Reloaded: Taking the Andrew Tate Course
A deep dive into Andrew Tate’s course parades an existentially threatened masculinity using misogyny as a punching bag
Netflix's 'Adolescence' Highlights the Need for Reform in Schooling
Schools have a duty to equip girls with the emotional and intellectual resources needed to confront misogyny
How To Protect Children From Evil
Social media may be the elephant in the room, but it is not the sole evil we are making it out to be
The Dangerous Appeal of the 'Trad Wife'
Is the chatter around the idea of an “ideal woman” and traditional gender roles resonating in the toxic manosphere leading to more women relating to the ‘trad wife’ trend?
Bengal’s Dirty Casteist Secrets
In the spring of 2025, Chamar community members in over two dozen villages in Bengal are calling out untouchability
L2 Empuraan: Eyesore For India's Right-Wing
Despite the cuts and controversy, L2 Empuraan will remain documented in public memory for its bold attempt to represent a dark phase that no one wants to talk about
How Hindutva Reignited the Aurangzeb Myth
Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir was neither a paragon of virtue nor a villain
Coping With Donald Trump's Tariff Tantrums
India must brace itself for a transformed economic and security landscape
Misogyny: Bollywood's Favourite Plot
Netflix's 'Adolescence' is unflinching in its portrayal of how young men are socialised to feel entitled to women’s attention and affection, and yet, it isn’t exactly breaking new ground. These ideas were seeded much earlier in India, and, by extension, its populist cinema
'Framing Portraits, Binding Albums': Family Albums as Academic Discourse
'Framing Portraits, Binding Albums' highlights the startling absence of family photographs in academic discourse in India and underlines the importance of deconstructing them as artifacts of social studies
Through My Eyes: A Teenager’s Diary
I deal with the need for validation by finding sources that I feel validated by, whether it be other friend groups or video games.