A judgment in the trial of Priya Ramani based on the complaint of defamation filed by MJ Akbar is eagerly awaited. The final arguments in the case are nearly complete before the ACMM, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi. Incidentally, the judge recently got transferred to another Delhi court with immediate effect…

Sometimes my blog feels like a confession box to me. I enter it with a heavy heart, wanting to lighten the burden of guilt by confessing to you, the reader. This confession, that I wanted a son, is meant for my daughter too to read when she is grown up…

During the last week, some famous and infamous people were in Goa. I refer to Poonam Pandey and Milind Soman. I will leave it to you to figure out who qualifies as which. We all know Goa to be a place where people go to shed their worries and relax…

I had been wanting to write on the topic of fat-shaming for some time now. A dear friend had also asked that I do. But I was struggling to translate my thoughts and feelings about the issue into words. Then I came across an article about the TV actor Avika…

We recently saw the biggies of the Hindi film industry (lovingly called ‘Bollywood’) speak up for it. They filed a legal case against some news channels for defamation, among other things. I read up some opinion pieces on this development. Most of them complimented the industry for ‘finally’ standing up…

My daughter has fancied makeup since she was 3 years old. She is fond of all things makeup. She sits and literally ‘studies’ those full-page newspaper ads of jewelry chains. The ones where brides wear fine jewelry and lots of makeup. She regularly sneaks open my vanity pouch to pull…

For various reasons, the millennial parent is getting increasingly worried about her children’s safety. Especially, about her daughter’s safety. But at the same time, this parent wants the daughter to grow freer and more independent than ever. My daughter goes to a co-education school. Actually, to be precise, she used…

For most part of my career so far, I have worked as a transactional lawyer with law firms. Having recently started my own practice, I have been taking up some litigation as well. As the cliché goes, I have been learning on the job through my mistakes. A couple of…

Recently, I have read an alarming number of news reports involving rape. Is this due to the media’s renewed interest in reporting on these crimes? Or an actual increase in the number of these crimes? We do not yet know. It all started with reports of the alleged rape victim…