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Instagram And Depression: Why I Deleted The App For One Year
In April 2018, I deleted my most favourite app, Instagram. Until April 2019, I didn’t re-install it even once. I must have accessed my account just two or three times (via web) in this time period. My...
View ArticleMovie Review: De De Pyar De Is A Fun Romantic Comedy With A Bundle Of Strong...
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Rakul Preet, Javed Jaffrey, Alok Nath, Jimmy Shergill, Kumud Mishra Directed by Akiv Ali De De De Pyar De is a movie on modern urban lifestyle, relationships and how one...
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How Fake News And Disinformation Gamed India’s Elections
It may not be an exaggeration to state that misinformation had been the main weapon in the electoral battleground of 2019. Elections are considered the “Maha Parv(Great festival)” of Indian democracy....
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Why I Think Using Social Media To Seek Justice Is A Bad, Bad Idea
In the past few months, Instagram has seen a rise in its share of justice-demanding posts. Survivors of heinous crimes—varying from verbal abuse, bullying, and sexual harassment—demanding justice have...
View ArticleIs The Fourth Pillar Of Democracy Dead?
Today in a world full of technologies, comfort and “clicks” of a few buttons, it seems pretty easy to get access to anything and everything. But the question is that this power to “access” is there to...
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The Great Indian Tamasha
From the Met Gala to Modi-meditating in Kedarnath cave and from the exit polls to the Cannes, the world of social media continues to entertain the audience around the globe. Bizzare pictures of...
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From Photojournalism To Television Reporting: The Story Of A Fearless Journalist
I am the kind of person who can not work in a monotonous, 9 to 5 job; I am someone who wants to have adventures. I did my first undergraduate internship at The New Indian Express, Chennai as a...
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A Published Poet, A Tedx Speaker And An Engineer: One Man’s Story of Courage...
My name is Ankush Tiwari and I am 24 years old. I am a Senior Software Engineer in a Multinational Company. I’m also a writer, a poet, an author, and the founder of a literary community. I belong to a...
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How Body Percussion Helped Me Find My Identity
I was lucky enough to find my true calling during my adolescence – dance and choreography. I was thirteen when I formed such dreams and I came from a humble background in Udaipur. My father was a...
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What Is The Deal With Indians And Fair Skin: How Much Are We Willing To Spend...
Colourism is the bias against dark skin tones. It views white skin as the ultimate benchmark. In India, the obsession with white skin is so widespread that over 90% of women cited it as a ‘high need...
View ArticleMy TEDx Talk: Winning Must Not Be The Final Destination
Here comes my TEDx talk. People ask me what do you get from poetry and literature? My response is, the courage to say and accept the truth. In this video, there are things which hardly anyone knows...
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Balakot Was Not A Win For India, It Was A Catalyst For The Slow Death Of...
On February 14, 2019, in Pulwama, India saw one of the most horrible attacks on Paramilitary forces in the world, and one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kashmir in the last 30 years. An SUV with...
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The Rise Of India’s Hip-Hop Scene: Here’s How It All Started
Hip-Hop is one of the most exciting and fastest-growing music cultures. It all started with the “Back To School Jam” hosted by DJ Kool Herc on August 11, 1973 in Bronx, New York, U.S.A. Since then,...
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Trailer Review Of ‘Article 15’: Is Indian Cinema Ready To Take On Casteism?
Ayushman Khurana’s has emerged as a popular choice away from mainstream Bollywood. His recent movie trailer “Article 15” has successfully created a buzz about how the movie is bringing ‘caste’ to the...
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Why Wish “Eid Mubarak” Only To Those Who Are Celebrating?
I woke up to 27 unread messages last morning. I wondered who was missing me so much to send through twenty-seven of them, or how come a lot of people managed to miss me on the same day. With one eye...
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The City Of Death: Capturing The Landscape Of Hindu Cremation Rituals In...
Image via Getty “The City of Death“, a documentary directed by Janna Tolstikova, encapsulates the essence of the holy city of India, Varanasi. It wonderfully captures the cycle of life and death....
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Is Banksy’s Latest Art Work A Comment On The Corruption Of Society?
Banksy’s Seasons’ Greetings I think those who create with the intent of beauty in mind are called artists, those who destroy are vandals and those who provoke and question current systems are...
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A Glimpse Into Pablo Picasso’s Art: Cubism, Surrealism And Beyond
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon In “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907), Picasso played with a very traditional subject, that is bathing nude women, which can be seen in the classical paintings of Titian and...
View ArticleWhy You Should Be Excited For ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
SPOILER ALERT: PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE ONLY IF YOU HAVE SEEN AVENGERS: ENDGAME The first movie after Endgame, “Spider-Man: Far From Home” follows Peter Parker as he continues his fight against crime...
View ArticleWhen Will Indian Movies Stop Passing Off Stalking As Romance?
Movies are the most common entertainment people turn to. While there are beautiful ones with wonderful messages, there are also extremely obnoxious ones that taint society’s intellect. Indian cinema...
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