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Avantika Mehta
Avantika Mehta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
Haute action: From Vogue to mall stores, everyone wants a piece of India’s wedding fashion market
The wedding sector is estimated to be valued at $54 billion. No designer can afford to ignore it.
Avantika Mehta
· Sep 25, 2018 · 11:30 am
A silent movement for the legalisation of cannabis is spreading across India
The Great Legalisation Movement has two agendas: quietly provide cannabis oil to cancer patients, and press the government to lift the ban on using marijuana.
Avantika Mehta
· Sep 03, 2018 · 11:30 am
A temple in Himachal Pradesh stands as a beacon of hope for religious tolerance
Surrounded by mountains and a river flowing below, the Trilokinath temple brings together people from two faiths – Hinduism and Buddhism.
Avantika Mehta
· Aug 26, 2018 · 11:30 am
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Nov 09, 2019 · 02:06 pm
Your masterji copying a Sabyasachi lehenga is only the tip of India’s fashion plagiarism problem
An Instagram account is forcing the Indian fashion industry and its consumers to address issues that were swept under the carpet for decades.
Avantika Mehta
· May 03, 2018 · 11:30 am
Supreme Court stays HC bail order granted to former OP Jindal university students in rape case
A woman had alleged that her fellow students had blackmailed her into having sex with them.
Avantika Mehta
· Nov 07, 2017 · 08:18 am
Social media addiction has its perils, but Instagram is where young Indians come to bare their soul
When strangers online become your community, where else do you go to discuss sexuality, art and politics?
Avantika Mehta
· Aug 05, 2017 · 11:30 am
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Yesterday · 08:28 pm
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Yesterday · 04:21 pm
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Yesterday · 03:28 pm
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Camaraderie in the animal kingdom: Watch how an elephant helped a turtle get off the road
Yesterday · 10:36 am
Suicide attempts are no longer punishable by law. Here’s why that’s a good thing
Decriminalising suicide is one step closer to addressing India’s huge mental health crisis.
Avantika Mehta
· May 24, 2017 · 11:30 am
‘No one eats non-veg openly here’: Ahmedabad’s food lovers on the city’s cultural aversion to meat
New Irani Café’s famous maska-bun used to come with a layer of egg, until customers began asking for ‘Hindu-buns’.
Avantika Mehta
· Apr 05, 2017 · 11:30 am
When the Gujarati word for fun described rioting, looting and murder
In Ahmedabad, a museum dedicated to conflict reminds us of Gujarat’s trysts with violence.
Avantika Mehta
· Mar 24, 2017 · 11:30 am
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Documentary on disgraced yoga guru Bikram Choudhury uncovers a trail of hot air and half-truths
Nov 10, 2019 · 08:00 am
Ashish Shakya on stand-up comedy: ‘You need to have passion and the ability to keep it alive’
Nov 09, 2019 · 08:00 am
‘Bypass Road’ movie review: A thriller with lots of red herrings and some stinkers
Nov 08, 2019 · 08:15 am
‘Satellite Shankar’ movie review: An extended army recruitment video with some tender moments
Nov 08, 2019 · 08:02 am
‘They wish every day to be dead’: The struggles of children in Gujarat’s riot rehabilitation camps
The children of the riots continue to suffer psychological and physical scars, which no one in the administration has attempted to understand, let alone heal.
Avantika Mehta
· Mar 02, 2017 · 11:30 am
From Mr Gay India to Dalit beauty queens: The changing face of beauty pageants in India
While awareness is on the rise, the journey to organise and hold pageants for oppressed communities is not always smooth.
Avantika Mehta
· Feb 28, 2017 · 11:30 am
