Poetry Is The Closest Mankind Will Ever Come To Create Beauty
Poetry is beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, it awakens beauty inside the darkest pieces of your heart. It’s an experience you just can’t have enough of. It’s a dream you wish you could get lost in...
View ArticleTV Series Fail To Portray Independent Female Protagonists Except As A Tiffin...
The lockdown has exposed many people to many aspects. For men who were cooped up in their homes for more than 10 months, one such aspect has been their evening television. Many brothers, husbands,...
View ArticleOTTs under threat
“ Ab Hoga Tandav.” The reel dialogue from the latest web series was probably referring to the real-life “ TANDAV on display in recent days across the country. Hurting Religious Sentiments“ The latest...
View ArticleTribhanga: A Tedhi Medhi Crazy Story Challenging Societal Norms
TW: Mentions Of Child Abuse Tribhanga is a story of three generations of mothers available on the OTT platform Netflix. This fresh take on dysfunctional family dynamics is Actor Renuka Shahane’s...
View ArticleWhat’s With The Indian TV’s False Portrayal Of Working Class Characters?
The working class was part of a scriptwriter’s arsenal back in the day. With Ekta Kapoor changing the way we looked at characters, somehow, the working class disappeared. When the audience got bored...
View ArticleIndia Will Be A Functioning Democracy As Long As We’ve Got A Strong Media
It is by no means perfect, but India is indeed a functioning democracy. The fourth pillar of democracy, our news media, is propping it up, even though there are some cracks in the pillar. The world’s...
View ArticleArticle 15 And Dangal Are Hardly As ‘Anti-Caste’ And ‘Feminist’ As We Think....
I have always been a fan of good movies because I believe good stories influence you in more than one way. So, when my friend told me that the then recently released “Article-15” was going to be a...
View ArticleWomen Content Creators Are Trolled Because Of Their Looks, Colour And Caste....
When the popular app TikTok was banned from the Indian digital market citing security concerns, my social media feed was abuzz with celebratory rants hailing the decision. Surprisingly, a majority of...
View Articleयदि हॉरर फिल्में देखना आपको पसंद है, तो अस्सी के दशक की ये फिल्म ज़रूर देखनी...
एक देखने लायक हॉरर फिल्म। बारीक सूक्ष्म दृष्टि लिए हुए फिल्म। इस किस्म की हॉरर फिल्में बहुत कम बनती हैं। इस विषय की फिल्मों की एक खास रूपरेखा-सी गढ़ दी गई है। क्यों एक हॉरर फिल्म वैसी ही होनी चाहिए...
View ArticleDid You Know That Your Everyday Cusswords Are Casteist, Misogynistic And...
Three years ago, in the last year of my high school, a girl friend of mine casually remarked to me – “ Patriarchy has taken away the right to our own bodies too; even the slangs make it seem like a...
View ArticleIs Love Enough? Sir: A Poignant Film On Love, Class And One’s Right To Dream
Do you remember hanging out with a group of friends, when the behaviour of one of them completely pissed you off, because of the way they mistreated someone who did not come from the same social...
View ArticleWhy Does The Indian Media Hesitate To Condemn Caste Violence?
The Indian media is going through a difficult phase today. It has been divided into two parts. One comprises of those who openly support the government and one which is against the government. A...
View Articleक्या मस्तराम जैसी सीरीज़ समाज की असल ज़रूरत हैं?
एक कहावत है, “एक आदमी जो देखता है, वही सोचता है और जो सोचता है, वही कहता है। जो कहता है, वही करता है और जो करता है, वैसा ही बन जाता है।” इसलिए एक आदमी क्या देखता है बल्कि हम कहें एक आदमी को क्या दिखाया...
View Articleहीरामन, “बहुत याद आती है तेरी टप्पर गाड़ी”
मैला आंचल में सड़कों का जाल क्या बिछा, हीरामन की टप्परगाड़ी ही विलुप्त होने पर आ गयी है। मखमल की झालर लगी टप्परों के कद्रदान अब नहीं रहे! वहीं अब हीरामन भी कमाने के लिए परदेश की राह पकड़ चुका है। टप्पर...
View Articleआज की महिला- “ अब मुझे बदलाव की नई कहानी लिखनी है ”
अब मुझे खुली सांस लेनी है मुझे मेरे हिसाब से ज़िन्दगी जीनी है बहन, बेटी, बीवी और मां के अलावा मुझे अब खुद अपनी पहचान बननी है मेरे हक़ और अधिकार की अब मुझे खुद लड़ाई लड़नी है। अब बहुत हो चुका घुट-घुट कर...
View ArticleTribhanga: Bringing Out The Humanness Inherent In Feminism
The space from which the three leading ladies of Tribhanga – Tedhi Medhi Crazy come is unique but not wholly unfamiliar for the Maharashtrian audience who must have watched it on Netflix. Maharashtra...
View ArticleToo Much ‘Love’ To ‘Aggression’: Have India’s Primetime TV Shows Changed?
Many years ago, probably when I was in school, I had heard this from somewhere that TV and Prime Time shows are being encouraged to be broadcasted as a birth control measure. The best shows (like those...
View Articleअपने अंदर आत्महत्या का इतिहास छिपाए बैठा है बॉलीवुड
मन के भीतर का अंधकार अंधेरे अमावस की रात से भी ज़्यादा अंधकारमय होता है, शायद यही वजह होगी जिसकी वजह से सुशांत सिंह ने मौत को गले लगा लिया। वाकई सुशांत का बिहार की राजधानी कहे जाने वाले पटना शहर से...
View ArticleKolkata International Film Festival 2021 Paid Tribute To Satyajit Ray And...
After overcoming the dilemma of ‘to be or not to be’, the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival decided to be. From January 8-15, the festival took place at several venues including Nandan, Shishir...
View ArticleAnupamaa: A Show Highlighting The Issue Of Women In Abusive Relationships
Trigger warning: Mention of marital rape* Cable television is an important part of most Indian households. My home was not too different. I grew up bartering study hours for TV viewing hours. Shanti,...
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