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This ‘MasterChef Australia’ Judge is Making Melbourne Fall in Love With Regional Indian Food

Chef Helly Raichura, who started off running “secret” home-based dinners with a year-long waitlist, talks about making Melbourne look at Indian cuisine beyond just takeaway food.
Dhvani Solani
10.15.20
Sex

How Watching WWE Helped Me Come To Terms With My Sexuality

Growing up queer, I enjoyed watching wrestling matches for entirely different reasons than the rest of my family.
Navin Noronha
10.15.20
Weed

In a Record Haul, Odisha Has Seized Over 100,000 Kilos of Weed This Year

The busts have been made possible by a system of mapping poppy cultivation through satellite imagery, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Varsha Rani
10.14.20
Tech

A YouTuber Built a ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber That Can Slice Through Steel

The force is with him.
Varsha Rani
10.14.20
mental health

Therapists Are Turning Into Influencers To Fight Stigma Around Mental Health

Psychotherapists are now fusing mental health conversations with trends, filters, catchy songs and challenges on TikTok and Instagram to engage with the Gen Z audience. 
Shamani Joshi
10.14.20
Question Of The Day

The Class of 2021 Talks About Being in a Senior Year They Never Imagined

“Mentally, I'm not even in a state to think straight. But I don't want to compromise on my career because of the pandemic and its risks.”
Varsha Rani
10.13.20
Gaming

Meet The First Indian Video Game Designer to Enter The Global Hall of Fame

‘Farmville 2’ lead designer Poornima Seetharaman wins global acclaim and takes her place alongside industry legends.
Anand Ramachandran
10.13.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

A Porn Company Just Opened an ‘Adult Theme Park’ in Tokyo

Not your regular Magic Kingdom.
Varsha Rani
10.13.20
Coronavirus

Women are Having More Anxious and Angry Dreams Than Men in the Pandemic, Study Says

We're all also dreaming about death a lot more.
Varsha Rani
10.12.20
mental health

An Indian Football Club Just Added Mental Health Experts to The Team

It’s easy to think of athletes as superhumans whose concerns are different from ours. But Bengaluru FC is addressing the mental health of its players who, ultimately, are just as real as us.
Shail Desai
10.10.20
Food

A Brief History of Non-Indians Hating On Indian Food

Indians facing cultural intolerance and racism by outsiders via food is not new. Are “unpopular takes” reducing the complexity of Indian cuisine?
Pallavi Pundir
10.9.20
Psychedelic

MDMA Therapy Helped Me Overcome Trauma From Growing up in a War Zone

A startup founder who fled from a chaotic and violent childhood in Myanmar opens up about how MDMA-assisted psychotherapy helped her come to terms with repressed shame and grief.
Anonymous
10.9.20
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