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Anna Politkovskaya, The Braveheart Assassinated For Her Fearless Journalism
“Speak out! Your words are free. Speak up! Your tongue is still your own. Your body remains yours ramrod, erect. Speak out! Your life is still your own.” -Faiz Ahmed Faiz....
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Is There Room For Consent In India’s Arranged Marriages?
In “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) meets Mahi (Minissha Lamba) in Switzerland. Mahi is a dreamy girl, who believes in ‘true love’. After spending time together, Mahi develops a huge crush on...
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Unpopular Opinion: If You’re Into Fashion, You Really Shouldn’t Listen To...
In a consumer-driven society, fashion and sexual health are closer than you think. Both are crucial to the experience of being a woman. And the experience of being a woman drives various screws in a...
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Tahira Kashyap Embraces Her Scars Like Badges Of Honour
According to a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s Globocan, 2018 report, the total number of new cancer cases is estimated to be around at 11,57,294. Between 2012 and 2018, the...
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‘एक लड़की को देखकर’ ऑडियंस को ऐसा क्यों लगा?
फिल्म का एक दृश्य, जिसमें हीरोइन (सोनम कपूर) अपने प्रेम की जटिल अंतर्कथा को अपने दोस्त (राजकुमार राव) से साझा कर रही है। समाज के लिए उसका प्रेम असामान्य है और इस असामान्यता की वजह से उसका और उसकी...
View ArticleWhy Have Bollywood Bigwigs Shied Away From Acknowledging Manikarnika?
It’s probably for the first time in Bollywood, that someone went all out in terms of energy and resources to bring alive a martyr like Rani Laxmibai on the big screen, a magnum opus by Krish and...
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A Winter Morning With The Poet Kabir At Bombay’s Carter Road
It’s 6:30am on a Saturday morning as I get on to the South end of the Sea Link. As the radio channel belts out “Chaugada”, I turn the music up, bob my head, and sing along with abandon. Wait a minute....
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How Woke Capitalism Is Cashing In On Social Movements
Kendall Jenner in the controversial 2017 Pepsi Ad. Image YouTube Videograb It is April 2017 and Pepsi has just released a commercial. Seemingly a rather harmless, innocent commercial that shows people...
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‘एक लड़की को देखा तो ऐसा लगा’: फिल्म ने समलैंगिकता की गहराई को समझा नहीं
प्यार क्या है? सिबलिंग्स का प्यार, माँ का प्यार, दोस्ती में प्यार, रोमांस वाला प्यार और इंडिया में होता है बॉलीवुड वाला प्यार। इस बॉलीवुड वाले प्यार में एक लड़का होता है और एक लड़की होती है। दोनों प्यार...
View ArticleWe Love Superheroes, Then Why Was ‘Bhavesh Joshi’ Such A Big Flop?
I have been fascinated by superhero movies and how they weave beautiful narratives to capture the imagination of young and old alike. We suspend our disbelief, don’t we? It’s perfectly fine for us if...
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Scratching The Surface Bollywood Bechdel Test - The 2018 Edition
What do we want? Female representation! When do we want it? Ummm, how about now? Hey Bollywood, we’re back! In 2017, we put the top 10 hits of the year to a little test of female representation, called...
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How The Body Positive Movement Is Changing The ‘Perfect’ Narrative
Scrolling through the narrow lanes of the abyss that is the social media, I came across a quote that said, “If you are feeling insecure about your body, think about what the advertising industry is...
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How The Fuck Is PUBG Harmful To Society?
The recent ruckus about PUBG reached absurd heights when the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights deemed the game ‘harmful’. An 11-year-old kid in Mumbai – Ahad Nizam – moved the Bombay High...
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No More Shots, Please!
The occurrence of the ‘tension not, have a shot’ syndrome on screens these days. My memory of the first time I got very, very drunk at some ‘cool person’s party’ in college is hazy after the last shot...
View Article“Sui Dhaaga” Is A Reflection Of A Middle-Class Couple’s Invincible Spirit
SPOILER ALERT One of the most commendable aspects of “Sui Dhaaga” is the accuracy with which Sharat Katariya has portrayed its environment. “Sui Dhaaga” plays out in an urban setting with its...
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9.00PM Prime Time Brainwashing And The Formation Of Prejudice
The way the members belonging to a particular community, religion, or territory are portrayed on prime time television debates is believed to have consequences in creating certain levels of prejudice...
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Why Do We Not Give The Study Of Fine Arts The Attention It Deserves?
Like most countries in world, Indian universities also run Fine Arts departments and award the BFA and MFA degrees to students in several subjects like Painting, Sculpture, Applied Arts, Print Making...
View ArticleWhy Are Adivasis Invisible And Unheard Of In Hindi Cinema?
A couple of days ago, I was talking to my friend Biju Toppo, a National Award-winning documentary filmmaker. I had casually asked him at that time, “Why is the Adivasi community invisible and unheard...
View ArticleWhat Will Be In Store For The Real Gully Boys After Zoya Akhtar’s Film?
For those who know less about it, rap comes with a life cycle that birthed as a form of protest music/ poetry by African-American performers and a non-violent means of fighting against racism,...
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Surat Based Organisation Makes 10,000 Students Pledge To Not Marry Against...
Photo by Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images If you are young and in love, then do ensure that your parents stay away from television this Valentine’s day. Hasyamev Jayate, a voluntary...
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