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Mardon Wali Baat: An interactive web comic is helping reimagine masculinity

Updated on: Dec 23, 2023, 20:59:26 IST
By Anesha George
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PREMIUMRushed a first kiss? Stumbled upon someone else’s secret? With every option selected as a scenario plays out on mardonwalibaat.com, a pop-up box appears to explain why it may or may not be the ideal choice.
Rushed a first kiss? Stumbled upon someone else’s secret? With every option selected as a scenario plays out on mardonwalibaat.com, a pop-up box appears to explain why it may or may not be the ideal choice.
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The comics explore stories of first dates, consent, homosexuality. At each stage in the tale, the viewer pick the course of action, and experiences its impact.

How does one know whether to kiss a person on a first date? It’s a universal dilemma, and one easily solved with a question. But a question is fraught with fear of rejection and awkwardness and, oh why not just do it instead?

An online masculinity project takes that last question, untangles it with a great degree of clarity, and explains a lot else about a good first date. It does this in simple interactive web comics that let the

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