Does The Title Of Rani Mukerji’s Upcoming Film ‘Mardaani’ Contradict It’s...
By Satya Musica: I want to watch this movie, and most likely will. I also know that if I do, I’m really going to get into it, like I get into any film, and be all angst-y for those three hours and...
View ArticleHow Contemporary Jazz Helped Me Discover Myself
By Veda Nadendla: Growing up in Delhi, I got accustomed to jigging to the tunes of the dholak, manjira and dhik-chik waale Punjabi beats from before I can remember. My first formal introduction to...
View ArticleDelhi Then And Now: 44 Pictures To Take You On A Nostalgic Trip Through History
By Dhruv Arora: “Within these streets that scream with noiseThere’s no one to tell the storiesOf kingdoms lost, in the winds of timeLives turned into monuments,Unfettered and bright,The city lives on,...
View ArticleCreating Art And Weaving Magic: Shilo Shiv Suleman’s Art Is Changing The World
By Heeba Din: If you see a beautiful young girl perched up on a ladder, her hair down, with a beautiful franpani (plumeria) tucked delicately behind her ear, a paint brush in her hand painting a street...
View Article8 Wonderful Indian Book Cafes You Should Definitely Visit When In These Cities
By Parul Garg: There must exist something ‘in between’ new noisy coffee shops and old silent libraries- and that’s how we settle on the idea of book cafes that are brewing up! What can be more...
View ArticleZindagi Channel Is Airing Pakistani TV Shows That Make Indian Shows Look...
By Butool Abbas: What’s restricted has always been enticing. There is an innate urge to open closed doors and windows and peep inside. And, not so surprisingly, activities beyond the Indian...
View Article‘Archie’ Was A Real Superhero; Not Because He Saved A Gay Friend, But Because...
By Swasti Sudan: On the 9th of April 2014, Archie Comics announced that Archie Andrews will die in this month’s (July) issue of Life with Archie (in both parallel futures). Life with Archie has more...
View ArticleThe Art Of Storytelling In Rhythm: Spoken Word Poetry Through Ages
By Veda Nadendla: We live in a world of dreamers and artists, all of us- teachers and students with a story of our own. A story through music, a story through rhythm, the one in colours and in brush...
View ArticleHow Dancing Liberated Me And Shaped My Consciousness
By Ayushi Vig: As I finally sit down after the night of a show, preceded by a long day of nothing but dancing, you’d think the last thing I’d want to do is write about dancing. But honestly, there...
View ArticleNamma Chennai: 10 Interesting Things About The City You Might Not Know
By Swetha Kannan: Chennai- the beaches, the buildings, the very old colleges, the heat, the lights, the traffic; one of the cities that never sleeps! But is that all? Read on to discover how much you...
View ArticleHow Powerful A Punch Does Priyanka Chopra Pack As Mary Kom?
By Deepika Singhania: She knows exactly what she wants and the rest of the world may try as hard as they want to, she’ll do anything to stay inside the ring. She doesn’t let society and stereotypes get...
View Article15 Foreign Films That You MUST Not Miss!
By Parul Assudaney: “Cinema is a foreign language, a language created for those who need to travel to the other side of life.” Foreign Language Films do not have much of a market here in India,...
View Article18 Brilliant Cartoons That Will Make You Think About Oppression Like Never...
By Mayank Jain: “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”- George Washington Can someone’s expression become a cause of riots? Can a cartoon...
View ArticleHow A Novel Based In Modern-Day Karachi Made Me Question The Ramayana
By Kanika Katyal: I had first read the novel last year, on my teacher’s suggestion. It was just a mandatory thing for all of us, as Mohammed Hanif was expected to come to college. Every year, writers...
View ArticleWhy Does India Need Statues And Temples When All Its Historical Monuments Are...
By Aishwarya Iyer: Before Narendra Modi came into power, he talked passionately about his plans to build a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on a river island in Gujarat. The statue which is supposed...
View ArticleAn Artist Re-imagines How Indians Would Look Like As Aliens, In These 16...
By Charbak Dipta: In every film or books that involve aliens, it is shown that the aliens are always very interested in landing in USA or in some European country. I find it ridiculous. How do they...
View Article8 Popular Traditional Markets Of India That Have Survived The Test Of Times
By Ashni Dhar: In an age of online shopping and supermarkets, the culture of traditional markets in India strives to survive. India, being a land of different cultures and ethnicity, can always impress...
View ArticleFrom Dark Claw To Iron Lantern: What If Your Favourite Superheroes Merged To...
By Dhruv Arora: Most of us comic-book fan populace have our own preferences between two of the largest comic book publishers, Marvel and DC. Many of us have, at some point, wanted them to appear...
View ArticleRemembering Kishore Da: The Legend Himself On A Radio Interview With Ameen...
By Mayank Jain: The gramophones have gone silent over the years and radio sets which once buzzed with the melodies of soul music have disappeared, as if we have left them behind in another era. That...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Masala Flicks, It’s Time For Indies To Steal The Show
By Vasudha Kapoor: ‘Who is the star-cast?’, ‘Who is the director?’, ‘Who is doing the item-number?’ – these are a few of the questions that many of us frequently ask whenever a new movie comes into the...
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