Aditi Unplugged

  No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no! It is what a girl listens to every day in an orthodox Indian middle-class family. Sometimes, even if the question is incomplete, the answer is NO ! When we say, how far have we come? Let me tell you, we have just come from keeping the ghungat on the shoulders, which was earlier on the head. And that’s it…. Nothing far than that. If you are a girl in India, even today, you need to ask for everything. Each and every part of your life is governed, and you are bound to ASK. You are accountable to all the family members about everything. Even if you have the best behavior, you are supposed to ASK for everything. Because you are not self-sufficient to make your own decisions. You are not allowed to step even the border of your door because what if….. This WHAT IF… list has more than 2000 scenarios in it. It never ends. Every time a new question, every time a new DISAPPOINTMENT wit...

  You open your phone, scroll through Instagram, and tada! The Ambanis are throwing yet another grand wedding. Everyone’s decked out in designer clothes, dripping in luxury, and flaunting a level of extravagance that feels otherworldly. Then you switch to a movie, and there it is—a random actress declaring, “If I get married, it’ll only be in the Katrina wala lehenga.” Price tag? Just 2 lakh. A few days later, you're back on Instagram, and your feed is flooded with aesthetic wedding reels. Udaipur, Tuscany, Maldives—you name it, it’s there. Suddenly, every little girl dreams of having a “fairy-tale” destination wedding, complete with those dreamy Pinterest vibes. Let’s not play the blame game here. Sure, people want to spend on their weddings, and that's their choice. But imagine this: if the same hype were created over buying a PS5 or the latest gaming rig after binge-watching reels, every Indian parent would flip out. There’d be lectures, guilt trips, and a lot of “We did...

In one of his speeches, A.D. Shroff says, "In seeking to build a prosperous nation, we must ensure that we do not replace one form of control with another. Independence is hollow without economic freedom."  Walking on his footprints, India has developed several economic policies that balance economic freedom and growth. But the question today is not just about freedom, it is about how far have we reached? And also, far from what? Far from our goals? Far from our deals? Or far from the finish line? " Digging the well, when thirsty”, we all have heard this proverb many a time since childhood. If we look back at the economic reforms in India, it will be the best example of this proverb. The economy, once the backbone of public welfare, has been reduced to a pawn in the grand chessboard of political power, where policies are designed not for the masses but for the benefit of the elite few. These initial statements of mine might have made you think that now I will criti...

It is surprising—how in history, always the good guys win. Or is it like, we consider those as good who win? Before buying anything, you would read the description, so why not read the disclaimer without buying entertainment? Why are the rules changing over here? Whatever we are consuming is entertainment, and these movies are supposed to be looked at as only a form of art. I don’t find anything regretful in this trend of sympathizing with Villans because what trends we are talking about just come and go. They don’t need to be an integral part of the story; their aim is just to catch the attention of the audience, and it does that very well. Now I don’t need to make you count many illogical and unethical trends in today's movies. Nowadays people are so used to watching the same hero win the battle, the castle, the queen, and happily ever after stories. They need some change in their platter, and hence villains also need a change. Why should the hero have all the fun? Do you know ab...

  Think of it… you are living in a space where it is mandatory to act maturely. You can’t shout when you are happy, you can’t scream out that anger inside you, you can’t yell at yourself looking into the mirror, you can’t sing songs with all your heart out, neither can you dance to loud music… is living such life fun? I know these things do not play a part when it comes to professionalism and career and all those things. But it is an important element of life, happy life! Don’t you think living without boundaries would be fun? Staying at a place that we call our home is what we really feel … isn’t it the best? Maturity is defined by someone as holding the burden of responsibilities on your shoulders but this very thing will not let your inner self come out anyway. It will build a wall of restrictions around you and create an atmosphere where someone is always there to watch you and judge you. Can you remember that one day in your teenage when you played your favorite song and dan...

I think it's important to talk about this situation without blindly claiming that artificial intelligence or any scientific research would ruin human life. So, human foresight is basically the ability to predict. Therefore, when we think about this topic, I get stuck on a question can a machine really replace humans? Because machines cannot think. So, they can't even predict the future. But if someone invents something like that, he is still the one who is thinking. A human!   He obviously imagines the consequences before building something e.g. A robot. While doing particular research, a scientist has a rough idea of its future results and its effects. However, on the other hand, we also need to know that he is thinking about only the next 10-20 years. But what about the next 400 years? Next 800 years? We think about our secured future through AI, but what about the future of humans after 500 years? Do we really think about it? If we did, we wouldn't have built launc...

It's been a roller coaster journey staying away from your home. It's not just the education that counts; it teaches you a lot of things. It provides you with fresh confidence, a new set of friends, a new city, new people, and new experiences, all of which contribute to a whole new life. But most importantly, it helps you realize what your home means to you. When you leave home, you don't just leave those four walls, but everything else as well, which you won't comprehend until you spend six months in those cramped hostel caves. It hits when you realize you won't be sleeping on that same bed, opening that window again, playing in this courtyard, watering these plants, studying in that corner, or spending time on the terrace watching birds and roaming around for fun. It will not be the same again! When you're scheduled to go, you expect to return. It's not just three years. When you leave, you want to explore the new city, enjoy your college life, and make you...