The Juggernaut

1 week ago | thejuggernaut.com | Meher Manda

Recently, while doom-scrolling through Instagram, I came across several videos of young Indians braving waterlogged streets during monsoon showers. They head out to buy groceries, only to find their roads flooded. Cue: the sad lullaby music from Shankar’s the 2005 vigilante anti-corruption drama starring Vikram, Sadha, and Prakash Raj. In the movie, a young girl falls into knee-deep water with loose electrical wires and is electrocuted to death.

2 weeks ago | thejuggernaut.com | Snigdha Sur

“I was born poor and raised poor. I’m a college dropout. I have no dowry. In fact, I have a negative dowry,” Lucy (Dakota Johnson) tells Harry (Pedro Pascal) on a date. She’s confused why a “unicorn” like Harry — who is tall, handsome, and very rich — would fall for her, a 35-year-old matchmaker in New York City. The math isn’t mathing. “Do I look like I need a dowry?” Harry retorts.

1 month ago | thejuggernaut.com | Olivia Bowden

When Shaivya Vashishtha became pregnant, she knew she had to make a drastic change. Raised as a strict vegetarian, she developed anemia at 25, even after secretly adding eggs to her diet. So she added fish to fill the nutritional gap, which she also hid from her family. It took getting pregnant years later for her to realize something was still wrong. “We started reading more about what nutritionally would be important for the baby’s growth,” the U.K.-based product manager told The Juggernaut.

1 month ago | thejuggernaut.com | Meher Manda

“Recession ho raha hai. That’s why they’re re-releasing everything!” actor Kalki Koechlin says in a painfully honest podcast interview. “There’s no content! Everything is stalled, everything is stuck.”Bollywood is over! I’m not saying it — everyone else is. Look around you: on Reddit, YouTube, social media, or wherever die-hard fans of Hindi cinema are found. The sentiment (and frustration) feels ubiquitous. The stars are registering like PR-generated brand placements.

1 month ago | thejuggernaut.com | Siobhan Neela-Stock

Ashveta Budhrani first learned about menstrual cycles in sixth grade. When the teacher asked if anyone knew what a period was, Budhrani confidently raised her hand, believing it to be a class period. When she asked her family about periods after school, they met her with silence. “My sister asked me to ‘shhh,’” Budhrani said. Later on, she learned this rule extended to menopause, too. Around 16, she started experiencing menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes.