Can the Savarnas Not Speak?Saving the World Like a Savarna As Dr. Ambedkar said of the ‘Mahatma,” “I know Gandhi better than his disciples… He showed me his fangs,” many Ambedkarites know Savarnas saviors better than most. By Ravikant Kisana
Nazar Utaaro Zara!Many Indians Grow Up With Superstitious Families. A Lifetime of Anxiety, Self‑Blame Follows.
Nazar Utaaro Zara!Many Indians Grow Up With Superstitious Families. A Lifetime of Anxiety, Self‑Blame Follows. Internalizing superstitious beliefs our formative years can lead us to blame ourselves when things go wrong. By Devrupa Rakshit
Taboo LoveWoe Is Me! “I’m in Love With My Cousin Brother. Can We Ever Be Together?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...?We’re in Our Girl Misery Era Some girl math and some girl thinking to calculate the costs of girlification – with the help of Sara Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
A Himalayan VentureX Just Suspended the Account of a Doctor Battling Pseudoscience A defamation suit by Himalaya Wellness Company against hepatologist Dr. Abby Philips prompted the suspension of his X account. By Devrupa Rakshit
Vegetarians OnlyIIT Bombay Approves ‘Vegetarian Food Only’ Space Caste-based “pure veg" culture brought us here. By Ananya Singh
Feminist HealthcareMore Than 63% of Indian Women’s Cancer Deaths Were Preventable: Lancet Study A feminist approach to cancer could save more than 800,000 lives across the globe, every single year, experts noted. By Devrupa Rakshit
A Tale of GaslightingWoe Is Me! “My Husband Has Erectile Dysfunction, But His Family Blames Me. What Should I Do?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Another Ice Cream Please?Period Food Cravings Really Exist and Have a Scientific Basis, Study Shows The study found a link between insulin sensitivity in the brain and the menstrual cycle, explaining what could be driving these cravings. By Devrupa Rakshit
women in politicsIs the Women’s Reservation Bill Really as Progressive as it Seems? From implementation delays to the exclusion of marginalized communities, the women’s reservation bill has several flaws. By Ananya Singh
Code Strings Over Our HeartsHow the Internet Ruined Our Passion for Politics — And How We Can Get It Back If we blame each other, we’re looking the wrong way. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
The Art of Boundary-SettingWoe Is Me! “When I Set Boundaries, People Think I’m Bitchy. Am I Doing it Wrong?”
The Art of Boundary-SettingWoe Is Me! “When I Set Boundaries, People Think I’m Bitchy. Am I Doing it Wrong?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Is It Your First?Is This Normal? ‘I Struggle to Fall Asleep in New Places’ An evolutionary instinct called the 'first night effect' makes us prone to staying alert in new places -- in order to keep safe. By Devrupa Rakshit
Fond MemeoriesSizzle This: Is Indian Meme Culture Getting Out of Hand? In ‘Sizzle This,’ The Swaddle team adds to the noise around the pop culture moment of the week. This week: Modi Meloni memes. By The Swaddle Team
Aisa Kyun Hota Hai Baar-Baar?What Gets in the Way of Remaining Friends With an Ex? Exes can remain friends, but the chances of successful friendships between exes remain low – courtesy of a host of psychosocial factors. By Devrupa Rakshit
Bite the Forbidden FruitHow Apple Defies Consumer Logic It’s expensive, quickly outdated, and hard to repair – so why does everybody covet its products? By Rohitha Naraharisetty
It's Not Social Work!Why the Pushback Against Fashion, Lifestyle Influencers Is Stronger Than Ever A now-deleted video of a fashion influencer explaining how influencing ‘changes lives’ has riled up the Internet. By Devrupa Rakshit
Life and LaborWoe Is Me! “I Hate the Idea of Working For the Rest of My Life. How Do I Cope?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Sophie's ChoiceSizzle This: Everyone Should Party Like Sophie Turner After Divorce In ‘Sizzle This,’ The Swaddle team adds to the noise around the pop culture moment of the week. This week: Sophie Turner doing divorce bar shots. By The Swaddle Team
Hot and Bothered With LanguageHow the Climate Subtly Shapes the Way We Talk In areas with high humidity and warm temperatures, people tend to use more vowels in their speech, the researchers found. By Devrupa Rakshit
Cowed Down By IrrationalityDirector of IIT Mandi Blames Himachal Landslides on… Meat‑Eating A concise guide on the rise of pseudoscience at the IITs By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Desperately Speaking Shah RukhShah Rukh Has Spoken 'Jawan' says everything we've wanted Shah Rukh to say -- in a climate where it's never been more hostile to say it. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
India vs. BharatOf All Things, How Did We End Up Debating the Country’s Name? The ‘India’ vs. ‘Bharat’ debate dominating social media discourse in the country is forcing us to ask: what's in a name? By Devrupa Rakshit
Pretty Little Compulsion "[I]t [is] a 'smiled-upon addiction' that is almost celebrated due to its glamor quotient." Read More
The Need for a Radical ApproachA Housekeeper Was Accused of Murdering a Woman Staying Alone in an Andheri Flat The recent case demands introspection on how protectionist ideas of women’s safety have failed. By Ananya Singh
Oops I Yelled Again!The Psychology Behind Saying Hurtful Things We Don’t Mean The source of the person's outburst might not even be at the root of their anger, and many psychologists believe the release can be cathartic. By Devrupa Rakshit
Fresh TideThe Era of Celebrity Weddings Is Over — It’s Celebrity Divorces That Define the Moment Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are reportedly heading for divorce -- adding to the already long list of divorces this year. By Devrupa Rakshit
FantasylandTMI: People Tell Us What Their First BDSM Experience Was Like From knife-play to blindfolds, BDSM can be liberating. But getting started is often awkward. By The Swaddle Team
red flagWoe Is Me! “I Kept Dumping My Partner, Now He’s Ghosting Me. How Do I Get Him Back?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Reigning LegendSizzle This: Is Shah Rukh the Last of the Stars? In ‘Sizzle This,’ The Swaddle team adds to the noise around the pop culture moment of the week. This week: SRK and Bollywood stardom. By The Swaddle Team
A Steaming Glass of Rage Please!Anger About Climate Change Is Actually Productive, Says Research Turns out, for every two steps along the anger scale anyone took, they moved one step ahead on the activism scale. By Devrupa Rakshit
Dreaming of Electric SheepSocial Media’s Profiting From Our Misery. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way We rethink our relationship with cyberspace – by revisiting McKenzie Wark’s subversive 'A Hacker's Manifesto.' By Rohitha Naraharisetty
In The Name of ScienceThe Dark Legacy of Scientific Research Using Marginalized Bodies Radioactive roti experiments reveal the troubling history of Black, Brown, and colonized women being experimented on. By Ananya Singh
Three's a CrowdWoe Is Me! “My Best Friend Is Dating My Ex. Should I Cut Both of Them Off?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
A Guilty PleasureSizzle This: Should Reality TV Just Go Away Now? In ‘Sizzle This,’ The Swaddle team adds to the noise around the pop culture moment of the week. This week: 'Indian Matchmaking' and the reality TV genre. By The Swaddle Team
I Miss You Already!How Some People Feel Nostalgic For Things They Haven’t Yet Lost Anticipatory nostalgia is a cocktail of emotions that prompts us to imagine the present through the lens of the future. By Devrupa Rakshit
