1984 के सिख दंगों के दर्द को दिखाएगी फिल्म ‘31 अक्टूबर’
सिख दंगों पर आधारित फिल्म ’31 अक्टूबर’ की स्पेशल स्क्रीनिंग 31 अक्टूबर के ही दिन चंडीगढ़ के मोहाली में की गई। इस फिल्म के निर्माता और लेखक हैरी सचदेवा ने प्रोग्रेसिव सिख फोरम के साथ मिलकर फिल्म...
View ArticleSholay: Not Just A Classic, But Also A Remarkable Example Of The Rasa Theory
Sholay is a phenomenal movie that can perhaps never be remade in Indian cinema. It abides by a simple storyline that follows Thakur Baldev Singh, a retired policeman who hires two ex-convicts, Jai and...
View ArticleAdivasi Dance And The Culture Of Collectivism
Dance is an important representation of culture and art in all societies. When it comes to Adivasi/indigenous communities, dance not only plays a central role in their identity formation but also in...
View ArticleIt’s 2019 And The Climate Narrative In Global Cinema Needs An Upgrade
By Neeraj Meghani: Even if the environmentally conscious generation of ours abhors watching the news on television, there are tools that are far more reaching and effective at rousing minds of the...
View ArticleNovember 1, 2019: The Day ‘Drive’ Released And Streaming Entertainment Died
Films are well, films, mostly; this was my driving force when I began to review films a good eight years ago. I didn’t revere them, I didn’t hype them, for me, films were just finished products making...
View ArticleThe Transformation Of Mithila Painting: A Brief History
Recently, the Madhubani Railway Station has registered its global presence in terms of its beauty thanks to the Mithila Paintings all around the station. Bihar-bound trains like Rajdhani are well...
View ArticleWhy Is Bollywood So Ignorant Towards Climate Change?
Bollywood, the land of crushed dreams and the boulevard of empty promises. Around 1200 movies released and 5 billion tickets sold every year, a plethora of films with box office collection above 100...
View ArticleHamid: A Stirring Tale Of Love And Loss
8220;Hamid, your hope is haunting. I wish I could call up Allah and ask him questions about everything that I lost, back in the time, back in my past.” Hamid is a story of a little Kashmiri boy whose...
View Article“गोवा का डोना पाउला आज भी फिल्म ‘एक दूजे के लिए’की मुहब्बत याद दिलाती है”
नौ बरस की उम्र थी मेरी, जब मैंने दादी के संग ‘एक दूजे के लिए’ फिल्म देखी थी। डैड और माँ दोनों वर्किंग होते थे, तो मेरी दादी भी मेरा खूब ख्याल रखती थीं। सच कहूं तो दादी मेरी पहली सहेली थीं। मेरे इम्तहान...
View ArticleClimate Crisis: 10 Bollywood And Hollywood Actors Doing Their Bit To Save The...
Over the last few years with the dawn of the social media age, the number of ‘celebrities’ we know of has drastically increased. ‘Celebrity’ no longer only defines movie stars and famous athletes but...
View ArticleWith 5,000 Euphemisms For Periods, Can We Expect Representation That...
Periods have always been a very hush topic in society, even more so in India. Men often have zero ideas about the nuances and the very natural aspect of it, and internalised misogyny often forces...
View Articleट्विटर का प्रतिद्वंद्वी बना ‘मैस्टाडॉन’क्या है, यह भारत में ट्रेंड क्यों कर...
भारत में सोशल मीडिया पर एक ओपन सोर्स नेटवर्क मैस्टाडॉन (Mastodon) ट्रेंड कर रहा है। अब सवाल उठता है कि 2016 में लॉन्च हुआ यह नेटवर्क अचानक ट्विटर पर ट्रेंड क्यों करने लगा है? क्यों भारत में लोग इस...
View ArticleGirliyapa’s ‘What Happens In An All-Girls School’ Is A Lesson In Nostalgia!
Girliyapa, from the house of TVF, gives you a sneak peek in the happenings of the events in an all-girls school which will ensure a series of hilarious events. The ‘battle of the sexes’ ends where the...
View ArticleBala: A Mix Of New And Old Ideals Of The ‘Bollywood Hero’
SPOILER ALERT! Image source: Wikipedia I was expecting nothing from the movie Bala, majorly because of two reasons. Firstly, I had checked twitter and found people with negative reviews (well Twitter...
View ArticleGuru Nanak: A Poet, Redeemer And Teacher Par Excellence
The 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak kicked off in style all across the world. Here, the opening of the Kartarpur corridor marked a definite step towards a meeting of minds and...
View ArticleIndian Journalism: A Dangerous Chase?
8220;Media is the fourth pillar of democracy,” said Lord Macaulay. Does this statement really hold true in today’s scenario? Well, the situation is now turning out to be just the opposite. Worldwide,...
View ArticleWhen Democratic Powers Suppress Press Freedoms: A Global Trend
Means of dissemination of information relating to the affairs of the ruling class have been in place since a very long time, although controlled by the same echelons of society for as long a period. It...
View Article‘बाला’देखकर आप ही तय करें कि खुद को प्यार करना है या नकारना है
इंसान की एक अजीब फितरत है, वह है खुद से कभी संतुष्ट ना होना। यह असंतुष्टि कभी अपनी चीज़ों को लेकर होती है तो कभी अपनी कमियों को लेकर। हम अगर काले हैं तो गोरा होना है, गोरें हैं तो हमें तीखे नैन-नक्श...
View Articleगिरीश कर्नाड का नाटक ‘ययाति’एक नहीं, प्रत्येक मनुष्य की जीवन कथा है
पहले मेज़, फिर कुर्सी हिली। उसके बाद बेड भी डोलने लगा। धीरे-धीरे लैपटॉप, पंखा और उसके बाद अलमारी में पड़ी किताबें भी हिली लेकिन मैं नाटक को पढ़ने में लीन रही। वैसे भी आखिरी पन्ने को छोड़कर उठ पाना मेरे...
View ArticleBala: A Mere Piece Of Entertainment Or A Performance-Packed Social Message?
Ayushmann Khurrana in the film’s teaser. Last evening turned out to be quite entertaining as I watched the most-talked about film at the moment. Yes, I am talking about Ayushmann Khurrana’s latest...
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