Opinion: It’s Not The Ad, Our Mindset Is Where The Problem Lies
Recently, Dabur fem and Fabindia’s ads came under scrutiny. Over the years, some of India’s biggest companies have had to pull out advertisements that have had a social message. The reason behind it is...
View ArticleWhy You Need To Watch ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ On Netflix ASAP!
Trigger warning: mentions of violence in war and racist instances Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” shows the course of events that followed an anti-war protest in the 1960s in the US. The...
View ArticleThis Free, Online Film Festival Has Movies You Don’t Want To Miss Out On!
The “Urban Lens Film Festival” is in its eighth, thought-provoking installment. The free, online film festival is all set to run between November 18-21, 2021. All one has to do is to register here to...
View ArticleWhy ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ Does A Shoddy Job At Portraying Tamilians
Every now and then, you come across Bollywood movies that stereotype south Indians to the point of insanity. As if it wasn’t enough for us to suffer through through generations of old-school, Bollywood...
View Article“Facts Have Become Free, Opinions Sacred”: Pradip Bagchi On The Relevance Of...
The impact of social media is felt by everyone. With the rapid increase in the population, the use of social media has increased at a higher rate. There is definitely glitz and glamour in television...
View ArticleSpecial Ops 1.5: Is Himmat The Desi Bond We Have Been Waiting For?
With the freedom provided by OTT (over-the-top) platforms, director Neeraj Panday masterfully used Kay Kay Menon’s excellent acting skills and combined them with a brilliant screenplay. The...
View ArticleThe Online Café: An Insta Page Giving Artists Remuneration For Their Work
Recently I have created a new page on Instagram named The Online Cafe. It is a platform for all kinds of artists such as painters, singers, poets, and anything related to art. This is a platform where...
View ArticleYes, This Too Is My India: On Vir Das’‘I Come From 2 Indias’
There’s a huge controversy around Vir Das’s latest performance, a monologue titled ‘I Come From 2 Indias’, which premiered on Sunday, November 15, 2021. it was performed at the John F Kennedy Centre in...
View Article‘Tamasha Ki Tara’: The Movie Lays Hold In My Soul’s Most Pious Corner
कोनसा तारा किस मंज़र का क्या चाहता है। It’s been years; still, this line gives me goosebumps. This eight-word sentence takes me to a different level of serenity. Dear Tara, I hope you are doing great...
View Articleजय भीम: एक ज़रूरी फिल्म, जो देखी जानी चाहिए
भारतीयता के सन्दर्भ ‘ जय भीम’ एक बेहद अहम नारा है, हालांकि आज भी यह नारा किसलिए है और इसका उपयोग किस तरह होना चाहिए, भारतीय समाज को यह समझना अभी बाक़ी है मगर अच्छी बात ये है कि अमेज़न प्राइम पर ‘जय भीम’...
View ArticleWhy I Recreated Queer Characters From The Mahabharat Using Drag
When I was a child, I used to fantasise about dressing up as gods and mythological characters. Being born in a Hindu family, I always thought about the idea of religion. As and when I grew up, my...
View ArticleHow The Government, Opposition And Media Have Failed Indian Citizens
Having extreme FOMO (fear of missing out) due to my political interests since the last seven years, I wanted to know every bit of what was happening in the political world. One day, I found myself...
View Article‘Bachpan Ka Pyar’: Is Pop Culture Corrupting Young Minds?
What does this new pop culture have in the books for us for the new generation who has been going crazy about following trends? These loud trends and unnecessary elements that are part of social media...
View ArticleJournalist Who Exposed Medical Mafia Found Dead In Bihar
Trigger warning: mentions of death and violence Buddinath Jha, alias Avinash Jha, a 24-year-old journalist and RTI (right to information) activist, was allegedly murdered in cold blood, in Bihar’s...
View ArticleWhy Is The Indian Media No Longer Free And What Can We Do As Citizens?
“You were asked only to bend, but you crawled,” said LK Advani, about the media during the Emergency years (1975-77). Indeed! This month, the chief justice of India (CJI), NV Ramana, said that debates...
View ArticleDoes Patriarchy Have A Psychosocial Explanation Behind It?
I explained Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to a good friend, and that is when I realised how it could be used to understand patriarchy. We have come across patriarchy being interpreted and described in...
View Article‘Luzzu’: The Story Of A Maltese Fisherman Trying To Make Ends Meet
The days of French avant-garde films and Italian neo-realism have gone. This is the era of small countries. They tell humane stories through their indigenous culture and bring forth their own coarse...
View Article“What’s In A Name?”: Munawar Faruqui Is Being Targeted Because Of His Name
When an established comedian like Vir Das speaks so bravely about all the wrongdoings going on in his country, while standing in a foreign country—FIRs (first information report) are filed against him....
View ArticleI Am Proud To Say I Am A Munawar Faruqui Fan
You know it’s morning when the sun rises. It is 1:30 AM, and the sun is rising again, and now this is the morning for India. An India which is rich in humour. I read somewhere that sense of humour is...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Watch Movies And TV Series Anymore
Back in 2015, when I was in Class 11, I used to be obsessed with Hollywood movies. I would crap on people who loved Bollywood and I compare my taste in movies with theirs. To tell you the truth, I...
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