Becky Blab

The O-zone on Sunday covered the new trend among 20-30 something women, most of whom are still single, going all out for one-night stands and no strings attached.
Sexcapades of young women, their casual attitude towards flings and open declaration that sex is just a physical need like any other, lead one to wonder how this [...]

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I have been meaning to write a post on this movie for a while, and I’ve decided to try to do a regular Film Friday feature. It’s called Le Beau Mariage–not sure if it’s at all based on a play called Un Beau Mariage but I don’t think so. Somewhat randomly, it was playing in [...]

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The front page of the Sunday Times Life section, always highlighting recent social trends, featured an article entitled ‘It’s Sweeter Solo‘ on the increasing acceptability in Indian society of being on one’s own. It painted solitude as rewarding, instead of being the stereotypical domain of singletons and crazies.
The article features mainly quotes from random people, [...]

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It’s surprisingly forward-thinking, probably because that seems trendy at the moment!
I’ve also seen one with a tagline about having separate bank accounts, and also this latest: ‘She works days, he works nights. Perhaps the only couple in the world who never fight over the remote.’
Thanks to Sushaantu for the image.

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Sanjukta has posted about India Together’s innovative project to promote dowry-free weddings through their Say no to dowry pledge drive. They provide free invitations in an electronic catalogue, with the logo you see in the bottom right corner.

She ponders,
I wonder how many people know about it and even if they know will they ever have the good [...]

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