‘Delhi Crime’ Shakes Up One’s Conscience
I was interning in Narketpally in the Nalgonda district of Telangana, which is around 100km away from Hyderabad in early 2015. It was quite difficult communicating there for the obvious reasons of...
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Murdering Dissent: The Rise Of Religious Extremism In South Asia
There is nothing bad in holding firmly to one’s religion or religious beliefs since the constitution permits us to do so. But, when this belief turns into blind faith with extremist views, it becomes...
View ArticleWith ‘Get Out’ And ‘Us’, Jordan Peele Brings Powerful Racial Commentary To...
“I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don’t like white dudes. But I’ve seen that movie,” says Jordan Peele, writer-director of academy award winning movie “Get...
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Hardcore Journalism Is A Risky Business In India
Gauri Lankesh an outspoken journalist was shot dead outside her house on 5 September 2017 The Indian Constitution under Article 19 states that “all the citizens shall have the right to freedom of...
View ArticleZee5 ‘Poison’ Review: When Love Turns To Lust And Revenge Becomes Poisonous
Zee5 Original “Poison” released on 19 April 21, 2019, is a Crime thriller revolving around the characters- Ranveer (Tanuj Virwani), Vikram (Freddy Daruwala), Antonio Verghese (Arbaaz Khan), Natasha...
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कभी थ्रिलर तो कभी सस्पेंस, एक नई ज़मीन की फिल्म है ‘पहाड़गंज’
राकेश रंजन कुमार की ‘पहाड़गंज’ विदेशी सैलानी की हत्या की गुत्थी सुलझाती फिल्म है। नई दिल्ली स्टेशन से सटे पर्यटक ठिकाने पहाड़गंज के इर्द-गिर्द घूमती है। नई दिल्ली रेलवे स्टेशन के पास स्थित इस बस्ती की...
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The Youth Would Rather ‘Netflix And Chill’ Than Watch ‘Outdated’ TV Content
The internet, as a medium, will soon replace cable TV, both globally and nationally. While the onset for such a transformation is gradual in India, it is perhaps inevitable. The internet has truly...
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The Wildlings From Game Of Thrones Represent A Chilling Reality In Today’s...
SPOILER ALERT Yes! It’s back again and for the last time. The single most significant television series of this decade concludes in May, 2019. The series was perhaps the first of its kind, especially...
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I Never Spoke About How The JEE Destroyed My Self-Esteem, Until ‘Kota...
I had never been able to put into words the two years that I spent in Kota. There were too many reasons for it. The whole experience left me quite vulnerable as it was the first time in my life that I...
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In Pics: Interesting Facts That You Should Know About The 2019 Lok Sabha...
By Manas Dixit: The 2019 general elections are scheduled to be held in 7 phases from April 11 to May 19, to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. With over a hundred million eligible voters, India will...
View Article3 Bollywood Stars Who Are Making Their Web Series Debut In 2019
Pankaj Tripathi, Nawazudin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Kunal Khemu were the first few stars from Bollywood to join the digital revolution. Digital platforms like Hotstar, Amazon Prime,...
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What’s In A Name? A lot! Let’s Hope The Makers Of Mental Hai Kya Realise This
“This June witness two Mentals collide”, says the poster of the upcoming Movie ‘Mental Hai Kya’. But before that collision happens, the makers of the film and the mental health activists are colliding...
View ArticleTorture Hai! Bundelkhand On The Tik Tok Ban
Vox-popping the youth of Bundelkhand in U.P. and M.P. on the ban on everyone’s favourite time-pass app, Tik Tok “Enjoyment ke liye hai”, says Kriti of Chhatarpur, a teenager who’s despising the ban on...
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प्रजातंत्र के पकौड़े: प्रधानमंत्री के पकौड़े वाले बयान पर लिखी किताब
राकेश कायस्थ की किताब प्रजातंत्र के पकौड़े अभी की राजनीति पर एक व्यंग्य है। टेलीविज़न को दिए इंटरव्यू में पीएम मोदी ने पकौड़े को लेकर एक बयान दिया था। उन्होंने कहा था कि आपके चैनल के बाहर जो पकौड़ा बेच...
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क्या आपने Game of Thrones के इस देसी स्वैग पर ध्यान दिया
गेम ऑफ थ्रोन्स के बारे में तो सुना होगा आपने। बहुत चल रहा है, सब लोग पगलाया घूम रहा कि यह आखिरी सीज़न है। माहौल तो ऐसा बना है कि 19 मई के बाद दुनिया या तो खत्म हो जाएगी या उदास। स्पॉइलर से लोग ऐसे डर...
View ArticleMarvel Completes It’s Conquest Of The Cinematic Universe With Avengers: Endgame
Spoiler Alert! It has been the most anticipated movie in the world for well over a couple of years now. Ever since Thanos pillaged the Universe, Wakanda and snapped his fingers to wipe out half of the...
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Dissent, Art And Politics: What Delhi University’s Street Theatre Means For...
“Arrey suno suno, suno suno, suno suno suno suno suno, oh balle! Suno suno, suno suno, suno suno, sunoo! Arrey aage waale, arrey peechhe waale, daaye waale, baaye waale, suno suno, suno suno, suno suno...
View ArticleBHEED: A Short Film That Throws Light On Present Day Religious Fanaticism
Bheed: The Unknown Killers is a tale of violence and injustice, and highlights the fickle-mindedness of the people undertaking pseudo political worship in a post-modern society. Killing a person on the...
View Article10 Things I Learnt From Iron Man As I Watched Avengers: Endgame
SPOILER ALERT FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dear Marvel Studios, I will hate you all of my life for making my heart cry out. Avengers Endgame is an end of an era. I’ve been living with the Avengers for many...
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This Is Not An Endgame Review
SPOILER ALERT And there are spoilers in here… not all of them, but the most important one(s). I need to vent so let’s start at the very beginning. For most of you, that’s probably 2008 but I started...
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