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In Conversation With Master Storyteller And Co-Director Of ‘Peepli Live’–...
This post is a part of Youth Ki Awaaz’s coverage of the HT Crime Writers Festival: By Krishangi Singh: A lone lit candle casts a beautiful yellow glow on two gentlemen dressed in crisp white achkans,...
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To Make Your Reader Wonder ‘Is This Even Possible?': Juggi Bhasin On Crime...
This post is a part of Youth Ki Awaaz’s coverage of the HT Crime Writers Festival: By Krishangi Singh: As one of India’s first few TV journalists, he witnessed and reported the Babri Masjid demolition...
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‘I’ – All That Makes It A Horribly Offensive Movie For Transgender People
By Karthik Shankar: ‘I’ was one of the most awaited Kollywood film releases of the year. Directed by Shankar of Enthiran (Robot) and Shivaji fame, on a humungous budget, and starring Vikram, one of the...
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With A Right Wing Dominated Censor Board, It’s Free Speech Vs. The Thought...
By Pankaj Butalia: It is nobody’s case that the Central Board of Film Certification is a body worth emulating. An institution born out of a desire to control thought can never really inspire much...
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“Murder Is Just One Of The Things We Do”: Surgeon Duo Kalpish Ratna On Crime...
This post is a part of Youth Ki Awaaz’s coverage of the HT Crime Writers Festival: By Kanika Katyal: “The first thing about medical history in India is that you have to excavate it. Practically an...
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No ‘Baby’ No!
By Karthik Shankar: Is Baby really our best attempt at emulating politically conscious thrillers? Quickly then – The movie’s title refers to a newly formulated, specialised intelligence cell that...
View ArticleAnd That’s How You Rap Yo Yo: Girl Blows Apart Pop Music’s Derogatory...
Delhi Poetry Slam is an artists’ association that strives to encourage professional as well as budding poets, storytellers, musicians, mimics as well as comedians to bring to the city their take on the...
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Examining The Life Of A Genius – All That Makes ‘The Imitation Game’ Worth...
By Susmita Abani: Alan eyes his machine intently as its cogs rotate to no avail. Over its endless chugging, he discerns the sound of Commander Alistair Denniston charging toward the hut with his...
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In Pictures: The Varkala Fishermen – Amidst Howling Waves, And Sparkling Fins
By Sanghamitra Aich: If you have been to Varkala, you will know it is one of the topmost beach destinations in the world. It promises economic international cafes, free WiFi, and a good swim. To me, it...
View ArticleAn Inside Look Into The Journey Of AAP, Beyond The Clutter Of Second Hand...
By Kanika Katyal: Almost a year ago, two young filmmakers – Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla – announced their project Proposition for a Revolution, a documentary on the then still forming anti...
View Article[Watch] “I Am Offended”– A Powerful Film That Brings Out The Stories Of The...
‘Being Indian‘ originals brings you ‘I Am Offended‘. The film looks into the thriving stand-up scene in India and also talks about the Hindi stand up scene, cartoons in India, humour on television,...
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What’s So ‘Vulgar’ About The AIB Roast?
By Kanika Katyal: Disclaimer: Attention! The content of this article may seem obscene or offensive to some readers. If at any point in the article you begin to feel offended, please feel free to exit...
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Life Served In Bite-Sized Portions: Teresa’s Man And Other Stories From Goa
By Dhruv Arora: Teresa’s Man and other stories from Goa Damodar Mauzo Rupa Publications 198 Pages Some books form a symbiotic relationship with the reader. One can’t be sure whether the book feeds off...
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The Man Who Pulls The Strings: In Conversation With Master Puppeteer Dadi...
By Kanika Katyal: Some tall and mighty, others fluffy and tiny. Varied and colourful, and from the world over, they come with strings attached and have taken over the capital’s cultural scene this...
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Before There Is The Film, There Is Its Music – Roy’s Playlist Reviewed,...
By Pratichi Mahapatra: If it hasn’t hit you from your car radio yet, or made it to your playlist, you’re clearly living under a rock my friend. The music of ‘Roy’, directed by the debutant Vikramjit...
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15 ‘Utterly Butterly Delicious’ Amul Ads To Take You Through A Brief History...
By Karthik Shankar: The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia, is just around the corner. This time, the organisers have made sure to interrupt Valentine’s Day plans, not just...
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Cinema Of Resistance: A Look At The Kolkata People’s Film Festival
By Nishant Chhinkwani: “The basic underlying motive of Cinema of Resistance is not screening movies for movies’ sake, where people come and watch films and go back to where they came from, but to...
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‘For A Reporter On Her First Job, There Couldn’t Have Been A Bigger Lesson':...
By Lata Jha: I often wonder what made me want to become a journalist. It definitely wasn’t my social skills. Most people would call me an introvert, but I’m just not the kind of a person who would go...
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Out Now – Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadows In The Night': And At 73, He’s Still ‘Poetry...
By Karthik Shankar: ‘All Along the Watchtower’ was the song that initiated me into the cult of Bob Dylan. It took me years to fall in love, but today, I don’t believe there is a better auteur on the...
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English, August: In The ‘Emotional Nakedness Of Agastya’, I See Myself
By Bhanvi Satija: Like all readers, I too have a peculiar habit – I pick up books that appeal to me. Now, if you were to ask me what kind of books appeal to me, I would probably have no answer to it. I...
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