Deepika Padukone Gives A Befitting Reply To Times Of India For Blatant...
By Anshul Tewari: What is common between Times of India and journalism? Nothing! At a time when there is a consistent effort by many to tackle the blatant objectification of women by the mainstream...
View ArticleThis Powerful Performance By Kalki Koechlin Is A Refreshing Look At...
By Veda Nadendla: Here is a film showcasing the coming of age journey of a young explicable girl, with cerebral palsy, played by our very own “Girl in Yellow Boots”, Kalki Koechlin. She has done it yet...
View ArticleThe Hands That Create Goddesses In The Dingy Lanes Of Kolkata
By Nishant Chhinkwani: Kolkata, erstwhile Calcutta, has been in a constant state of economic stagnation for a long time now. The new government, which enjoyed a massive victory over the 35-year-old (as...
View Article10 Reasons Why You Must Read Ruchir Sharma’s ‘Breakout Nations’
By Parul Garg: ‘Interesting book’ would clearly be an understatement for ‘Breakout Nations’ by Ruchir Sharma. Economics lovers or not, you have to read this book to understand what economic development...
View Article18 Touching Stories Of India Like We’ve Never Seen Before, From The Lens Of...
By Mayank Jain: A photo blog, that soon turned into one of the most loved pages on the internet, and a best-selling book, is how far passion can take you, given that you do it long and well enough....
View ArticleSexistential Crisis: Lessons On Life From Honey Singh’s Music
By Dhruv Arora: Amidst the plethora of fantastic musicians that have cropped up from the great nation of India in the past few decades, there is one particular artist who has made a name for himself as...
View ArticleHow Times Of India Told Deepika Padukone That She Was “Asking For It”
By Dhruv Aroa: Today is a sad day in Indian journalism. Bombay Times, a supplemental newspaper that is delivered with the main Times of India newspaper in Mumbai, came plastered with the headline “Our...
View ArticleThe Stories Of Oppressed Writers That The Chinese Government Doesn’t Want You...
By Atharva Pandit: It was around 9:00 pm on December 8, 2008, when the police knocked on the doors of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo and activist Zhang Zuhua. Two hours later, the two Chinese intellectuals...
View Article“The Times Of Boobs”: A Hilarious Take On Click-baiting And Sexist Journalism...
The best parts about mainstream newspapers today are the ads they put up. It is shameful, but true. In a time where headlines are incomplete, news reports full of factual inconsistencies and page 3...
View ArticleAre Songs Like ‘Queen Bey’ And ‘Wrecking Ball’ Drawing From And Adding To...
By Shambhavi Saxena: In 2013, singer-songwriter Annie Lennox criticized the music industry’s highly sexualized visual content as “clearly one step beyond [freedom of expression] … into the realm of...
View ArticleHow Deepika Padukone’s Letter Is A Revelation That We Need To Change Our...
By Veda Nadendla: I have chosen to remain mum about the incident which provoked Deepika Padukone to the extent that she had to release a letter of proclamation. If it hasn’t already been said enough,...
View Article[VIDEO] That Awkward Moment When Narendra Modi Made A Star Wars Reference, To...
“God bless. May the force be with you,” and thus the blaring voice of India’s PM Modi sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman reverberated all around the globe. His oratory skills have already won hearts...
View Article8 Captivating And Intriguing Female Characters In Literature That We Have...
By Trisha Gupta: Whenever there is a list of strong female characters in literature, a few of the recurring names are Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Eyre, and the unforgettable Hermione Granger, who no doubt...
View ArticleHow A Mob Of 2500 People Burnt And Looted 42 Houses Of A ‘Banjara Basti’ In...
By Kabir Sharma: On 15 September 2014, a day before the Rajasthan poll results were announced, about a thousand Banjaras from 6 districts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh came together to demand...
View ArticleIndia’s Oscar Nomination, ‘Liar’s Dice’ Represents A Wave Of Refreshingly...
By Veda Nadendla: As the wave of Oscar nominations arrives at our shore, it is India’s turn to reveal its talent to the world. This time around, Geetu Mohandas’ ‘Liar’s Dice’ will represent India at...
View ArticleJaved Akhtar Wants Vulgarity And Obscenity Away From Music, Here’s Why His...
By Abhishek Jha: Sahitya Akademi awardee, Javed Akhtar has called for an official body to censor lyrics, demanding that ‘vulgarity, obscenity, and perversion‘ be kept out of the realm of music. Akhtar,...
View Article5 Wonderful Books That Are Banned In Some Places Around The World, But...
By Itika Singh: Indians are not strangers to the concept of banned books. Names such as Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasrin and more recently, Wendy Doniger, are known to us as solely in this context....
View Article6 Instagram Profiles You Should Follow If You Love Travelling
By Nihal Parashar: Many people have been writing regularly about what to do (and what not to do) on social media. Let me give you some more reasons to enhance your social media life. Let us talk about...
View Article[PICTURES] Artist Depicts Gandhi As Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, And Other Popular...
By Kanika Katyal: Mahatma Gandhi has been conferred with various titles such as the Leader of the People, the Champion of non-violence, and a pioneer of our freedom struggle, etc.. We fondly call him...
View ArticleThe Dark Side Of Bollywood: Study Reveals Shocking Facts About Women In The...
By Priyambada Bhagawati: I had come out of the movie theatre completely frustrated and angry, just the opposite of what I had imagined to feel. Dhoom 3 was a movie that I hoped to see for a very long...
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