Amit Vaidya

I believe there is good in 99 per cent of people in the world. The 1 per cent, I can’t explain, so I won’t. I’m highlighting generalities in this piece, and I don’t mean to offend or label any group in a certain way. However, I believe it is important to discuss these matters for [&hellip;]

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Why Do the Privileged Always Supersede the Needy?

So we’re just about coming around to the one-year anniversary for when the entire world got affected by the coronavirus. We’ve learned a lot, waited a lot, and we’ve also got many reasons to be optimistic, as numerous vaccines make their way through the global population. Here’s hoping the variants don’t catch up. But alongside [&hellip;]

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The Panger Games: How The Pandemic Is Infecting Our Anger

I usually will get a message almost instantly when some celebrity dies. Occasionally one will slip through the cracks. So was the case with Rajiv Kapoor, often crudely referred to as the least known Kapoor brother. But to me, “Chimpu Kapoor” was the first “hero” I ever got to meet on a film set. We [&hellip;]

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Rajiv Kapoor – My First Real Hero

I had no plans of watching this original “reality” series on Netflix. But when a friend from Delhi said I simply “had” to watch at least one episode, I thought, why not. That moment changed my life. Okay, maybe not my life, but it certainly has changed countless conversations, with a surprisingly high number of [&hellip;]

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The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives: How To Find The Truth In Trash

2020 was, without doubt, a global shitshow, not the kind that you can’t take your eyes off of but the kind usually left for soap operas and reality shows rather than real life. But then again when the United States has a reality star president and Indian news seems to only have one storyline all [&hellip;]

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A Look Back At The Annus Horribilis Called 2020

Good or bad, music got us through this pandemic with multiple releases this year from some of our favourite musicians. Where would we be without Taylor Swift&#8217;s Evermore or Dua Lipa&#8217;s Fever? One shudders to think. Best Cover: Poppy &#8211; All The Things She Said (t.A.T.u. Cover) Leave it to one of the original YouTuber [&hellip;]

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What We Loved – And Hated – In Music In 2020

Let’s face it. No matter how unattached we think we are from celebrity culture, we all collectively embrace it, or else we’d not indulge ourselves by experiencing different forms of art. So, when a highly-decorated versatile actor (dare I say the most internationally acclaimed and known actor of our time), and one of the most [&hellip;]

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The Pain Beyond The Loss

My affinity for the state of Kerala began in 2016. The admiration that began then has since blossomed into a full-fledged love affair. The last five years have healed me in a way I didn’t think it was possible and after many struggles, to be in a place where I feel both safe and content [&hellip;]

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Why I Chose Kerala

There’s no denying that medical tourism and in particular, medical wellness, is a booming business. Seekers are now tempted more than ever to skip the basic getaway weekend or a five-star holiday to a remote place when offered a retreat that allows the vacation bit, but also a focus on self-improvement. SHA Wellness (an hour [&hellip;]

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Where Lifestyle Meets Therapy, In Style

It’s always exciting at the start of the year to see which fashion trends will explode and which will implode. These days, between endless couture and street collaborations and everything retro getting a modern twist, it’s more interesting than ever to see what exactly will hit. A number of fashion houses are trying the push [&hellip;]