Cooking Up A Political Opinion: Do Comedians Shape The Way We See Politics?
With the assistance of comedy and satire, the modern youth are developing a political awareness about their administration and government, most of which is through social media platforms like YouTube...
View Articleफिल्म : तमाशा (फिल्म रिव्यु का एक नया अंदाज़)
फिल्म तमाशा में लड़का वेद है, लड़की का नाम तारा। दोनों बचपन मे पढ़ी एक कॉमिक के काल्पनिक शहर कोर्सिका में मिलते हैं। कोर्सिका यानी हम गरीबों का बम्बई है। वेद में आवारापन तो है ही लेकिन उसका पागलपन तारा के...
View Article5 Things Netflix’s Bombay Begums Got Wrong About Sexual Harassment...
TW: Sexual Assault Written by: Suruchi Kumar At Ungender, during our weekend ‘Learn’ sessions, we often discuss judgments and what companies did wrong which took them to court. Our motto has always...
View ArticleWhy I Think Draupadi’s Character Was More Complex Than Sita’s
You might probably be wondering why I am so bothered about the two of the greatest epics of all times when we are all dealing with a bigger problem of the pandemic. There are many characters in these...
View Article“पुरुषों का खेल कहे जाने वाले शतरंज में, एक महिला के चैंपियन बनने की कहानी”
पिछले दिनों नेटफिलिक्स पर स्कांट फ्रैक और एलेन स्कांट की ड्रामा सीरीज़ “द क्वीन्स गैम्बिट” रिलीज़ हुई। जो हिंदी और अंग्रेज़ी दोनों ही भाषाओं में है। द क्वीन्स गैम्बिट, शतरंज की एक रानी की कहानी है, जो...
View Article“हिंदी का आमजनमानस में कम होता महत्व”
हिंदी की जो वर्तमान हालत है, उसके बंटाधार के कारण खुद उसके लेखक ही हैं। जबकि वह कहते हैं कि आजकल कोई हिंदी को नहीं पढ़ता है, इस वजह से हमारी किताबें नहीं बिकती हैं वरना हम तो बहुत अच्छा लिखते हैं। उनका...
View Article“आइए जानते हैं फेक न्यूज़ से बचने और उन्हें पहचान करने के तरीके”
जहां भारत एक धर्मनिरपेक्ष राज्य है, वहीं भारत को आज़ाद हुए 74 साल हो गए हैं। अंग्रेज़ो के शासन से पहले भारत में कई युद्ध हुए, लेकिन वह सब राजतन्त्र तक ही सीमित था। जब भारत ब्रिटिश शासन का गुलाम था, उसी...
View Article“लौंडा नाच’ लोक कला के लिए एक अभिमान या अभिशाप”
लौंडा नाच बिहार और पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश की एक लोक कला है। एक नाच जिसका नाम सुनते ही लोग अपना खाना छोड़कर इसे देखने चल देते और रात भर इसे देखने के बाद ही अपने घर लौटते थे। 20वीं सदी के शुरुआत में प्रचलन...
View ArticleSocial Media Has Become A COVID Helpline. Has The Govt Forgotten Its People?
Trigger Warning: Mention of death and Covid trauma. With the single-day spike in COVID-19 cases setting records last week, India’s second wave is feared to be longer and more severe than the first one....
View ArticleVisual Media And The Remoteness Of Sympathy In A Post-Truth Society
TW: COVID Deaths I recently started watching a series called Twin Peaks, widely considered to be the American filmmaker David Lynch’s magnum opus. In the first episode, I noticed a very unbelievable...
View ArticleAnupama’s Focus On Women’s Physical And Mental Health Issues Make It A...
Anupama is a year-old Indian TV drama series on Star Plus and Disney+ Hotstar, focusing on a middle-aged woman married to a man who works in an MNC in a good position. Her husband is the prime...
View Article‘Does This Make Sense’ and Other Questions I Ask When I Get A Whatsapp Forward
As India reported nearly 379,257 COVID positive cases and 3645 deaths (as of April 29), news alerts went off about how Maharashtra had decided to extend its lockdown. Instead of looking it up online, I...
View ArticleHere Is How OTT Platforms Are Rapidly Rising, Along With Your Screen Time!
When did you watch the last movie in theatres? Of course, the answer will be around one year ago. When did you watch any movie last time? The answer may be a week ago, yesterday, or today itself. Then,...
View ArticleKangana Sandwiched Between Coo And Koo After Her Permanent Suspension From...
What a pity! What a shame! It is a pity she can’t come again on Twitter. But after her Twitter account got suspended, Kangana Ranaut got invited to share her opinions on the desi version, Koo. Will she...
View ArticleAre Group Admins On Whatsapp Liable For Objectionable Content By Members?
Digital empowerment has empowered many young generations. And the way youths are adapting to the changing digital technology is amazing. It appears as if they are leading a digital life. Facebook,...
View ArticleRemembering Irrfan Khan Through Paan Singh Tomar
Irrfan Khan had the kind of personality which would neatly fit in both the kinds of roles- rustic and rural or sophisticated and urban. Think of the film Talvar for the latter, and you will know what I...
View ArticleThe HIV+ Community Needs Solidarity And British Drama ‘It’s A Sin’ Does Not...
It’s a Sin premiered in January 2021 on Britain’s Channel 4, becoming its most watched show ever. The show raises HIV awareness and does a perfect job in showing the world, pain, sacrifice and stigma...
View ArticleKangana Ranaut Over The Years: The Anti-Feminist Icon We Really Don’t Need
Kangana Ranaut has been permanently suspended from Twitter for violating the social media platform’s guidelines by posting hate speech. This is basically the second wave of venom we saw from Ranaut....
View ArticleLiterature In Indian Languages Is Dying, And This Is How We Can Save It
The auspicious day of 7th May marks the birth anniversary of gurudev Rabindranath Tagore every year. This time, it is going to be the 160th one. He was the first Asian and Indian to win the Nobel Prize...
View ArticleOpinion: Can Films Have A Negative Impact On Young And Impressionable Minds?
Trigger Warning: mention of rape, murder Do films create social evils? To answer that, we should know about the social evils themselves. Social evils are all the elements of life in society which are...
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