Present Tense: A stream of consciousness response to the mess in the news.

This week on Respectfully Disagree, we dive into nihilism as the mood of the moment and how shared dread has reshaped our culture. Listen here:

"Bollywood’s myth-making about Kashmir remains limited to either an exoticised pastoral escape or a symbol to articulate the idea of Indian nationhood. The representation invisiblizes the true political, social, and ideological state of Kashmiri natives.". Kashmiri filmmaker.

In this week’s episode of Respectfully Disagree, we discuss how woke culture has evolved and dissect the real question: is woke culture over? .Listen here:

RT @pettyparthy: Wrote about Mumbai, and how @PayalKapadia86’s All We Imagine As Light changed the lensing for it. So glad I could make thi….

We're working on a survey to understand how women in India access the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP). If you’ve ever taken, or have considered taking the ECP, fill out the form here:

Countries like Russia, Cambodia & Colombia mandate a prescription to access the morning after pill. Would you oppose such a law if it were implemented in India?.

Cities are killing green spaces, big tech is feeding off our anxiety, and there’s a huge sleep crisis thanks to overstimulation and stress. It tells us that there’s a point when the problem isn’t the anxiety – the problem is everything else. Read the full piece here:

We’re in a cultural moment where everything is a new type of anxiety: eco-anxiety, which has received serious attention, exists alongside, say, “menu anxiety.” On the Internet, all anxiety is treated like a pathology – leading to more apps, more supplements, and more.

Anxiety is more documented than ever, but there’s no consensus on what to do about it. Read our piece on how anxiety has become the mood of the moment here: Design: @Sonar_hitesh_ and @denise_dsouza04

Anxiety is the mood of the moment. 10,000 years ago, anxiety had an evolutionary purpose: it protected us, today however it is more documented than ever, but there's no consensus on what to do about it. Read the piece here: Design: @Sonar_hitesh_ &.

The government is mulling a ban on over-the-counter contraceptive pills (ECP). If you’ve ever taken or have considered taking the ECP, fill out the form below. It’ll take less than 5 minutes.

"As a female friend to your guy friend, you are slotted into roles you never took on. You have to be a doll he can joke about women with, a makeshift therapist, and a walking encyclopedia of feminism – expected to answer his every question with the ethnographic authority of lived.

This week on Respectfully Disagree, Savala Vada joins us to discuss the backhanded compliment from The Onion, how to be funny during end times, the things we don't joke about enough (oppressors) and how we might all be hallucinating. Listen here:

This week, Manisha Pande — Managing Editor at The Newslaundry and host of media criticism show TV Newsance — joins us to discuss media literacy, Tata obituaries, the pros and cons of fixating on terminology in journalism, and whether "objectivity" exists.

Despite having so much, the women in Sally Rooney’s novels — intelligent, thin, White, heterosexual, effortlessly chic, submissive — surrender their agency to the men as a way of sticking it to the structure. In other words, the trouble is: all of these women seem like they’re.

The Tribe just dropped, and The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is on its 3rd season. This week on Respectfully Disagree, we discuss whether the new crop of Indian reality tv feels too scripted, and whether they miss the authenticity and drama required to keep viewers hooked.

Amid rising global Islamophobia, a small Muslim locality in New Delhi stands in solidarity with Palestine. Read @_karthika99's and @Abdullahkazmi98's report on Jamia Nagar's year-long boycott here: .Design: Hitesh Sonar.

Coldplay’s India concert had rich-ish kids thinking about capitalism, as resale rates skyrocketed to lakhs. This week on Respectfully Disagree, Josh Fernandes, lead singer of the F16s, joins us to discuss concert culture in India. Listen here: