Madhuri Dixit’s Pooja In ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’ Raised The Bar For Romance
My mum shared an article titled How Madhuri’s Hopeless Romantic Character In Dil To Pagal Hai Failed Every Young Woman and asked for my opinion. I happily obliged since it involved one of my favourite...
View ArticleReview Of The Sahtiya Akademi-Awarded Kashmiri Book ‘Tawazun’
What do I, Parveiz Ali, think of the Kashmiri book, Tawazun (Takhleeq te Tanqeed)? To start with, it has been authored by Wali Muhammad Aseer and published by Taj Printing Services, Delhi (2019). It...
View ArticleSo Are You In A ‘Relationship’ With Your Favourite Actor?
From Thalaivar to Bhaijaan, fan culture has turned into hero worship of actors in India. I still find it difficult to watch the last movie of the Harry Potter franchise. I still have an emotional...
View ArticleStruggling With Body Image Issues? Here’s How You Can Learn To Be Friends...
By Sadia Saeed Do you experience any of the following? When you look at your face in the mirror, you notice the acne scar, the protruding ears, the crooked nose, the dark spots or some such...
View ArticleThe Politics Behind Indian Media’s Coverage Of 2019 Sri Lankan Presidential...
Note: The article has been written with Abhijit Anand, Asst. Prof. Law, Karnawati University, Gujarat. The eighth presidential election of Sri Lanka was held on November 16, 2019. The results were...
View Article‘Love In The Time Of Madness’– A Reflection On India’s Take On Mental Health
“How do I trust them?”– a question that haunts two women throughout the documentary, ‘Love In The Time Of Madness’. While both have had different encounters with love, one linkage between them is that...
View ArticleIf Actor Dileep Used Sexual Assault As Revenge, Are Women In Cinema Safe?
Trigger warning: mentions of sexual assault This February will mark five years since the crime, where a Malayali actress was kidnapped and sexually abused in a moving car by seven men, took place in...
View Article‘द ग्रेट इंडियन किचन’ : ज़ायका भारतीय स्त्री के जज़्बे का
‘द ग्रेट इंडियन किचन’ के एक दृश्य में पति, अपनी पत्नी के छूने पर नाराज़ हो जाता है और उसे दुत्कारता है, क्योंकि वह तो एक व्रत के चलते ब्रह्मचर्य के नियम का पालन कर रहा है। वहीं, पति अपनी पत्नी के दिन...
View ArticleThe Vernacular Press Act Was Used By The British To Suppress Local Voices
Here is a guide that speaks about the Vernacular Press Act (1878), what it holds, why it came into the picture, and its provisions etc. __ Wondering what the Vernacular Press Act is? Printing and...
View Article‘ध्रुपद’एक शास्त्रीय कला, जिसकी परवरिश की मुगल और राजपूतों ने
अपने आप में अद्भुत ‘ध्रुपद’ भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत का नवरत्न होने के साथ ही साथ पूरी दुनिया का सबसे पुराना संगीत है और यही वजह है कि चाहे देशी हों या विदेशी सब इसके दीवाने हैं। इसके सुर की ही तरह इसकी...
View ArticleOnce Painted To Depict Bihar’s Culture, These Walls Today Are Disheveled
Bihar is known as the state of various arts and cultures. Paintings dominate over a large number of its traditions. With its depictions of faith and love, the art not only represents the social...
View Articleफिल्म समीक्षा : धर्म और राजनीति के उन्माद को दर्शाती है ‘राम के नाम’
श्री राम के कदमों की छाप पर वाकई में इतनी ताकत है कि उन निशानों की महक को पूजने वाला हर व्यक्ति सत्ता की छाया का हकदार हो जाता है। भले ही अयोध्या की भूमि में उन कदमों की छाप नज़र ना आए लेकिन उस ज़मीन को...
View ArticleThese Movie Releases On OTT Platforms Have Us All Excited
We are in 2022, and movie buffs are already excited about the mega titles slated to release this year. So it’s time to look forward to the upcoming movies released on top OTT platforms like Disney+,...
View ArticleFrom Costumes To Locations, Cultural Stereotypes In ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
The initial reviews of Wonder Woman 1984 or WW84 (which, director Patty Jenkins said, was set in that Orwellian year because it was “the height of Western civilization [and] our current modern belief...
View ArticleIs There A Connection Between The Taliban Takeover And Kashmir?
In April 2021, US President Biden announced that the US forces would leave Afghanistan by September 2021. By the end of July 2021, the US administration withdrew about 95% of US armed forces personnel...
View Articleमनोरंजन के साथ पितृसत्ता को मज़बूत करती है फिल्म ‘पुष्पा द राइज़’
दक्षिण भारत की फिल्मों को हिंदी फिल्मों के सितारों से सजा-धजाकर नए कलेवर में पेश करके दर्शकों का मनोरंजन किया जाता रहा था और सीमित संख्या में दक्षिण भारतीय फिल्मों को हिंदी भाषा में डब करके भी रिलीज...
View ArticleMisleading Headlines: “50% Women In Kerala Justify Getting Beaten”?
The fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS) released its report on 24 November, revealing that at least 30% of women respondents across India from 14 states and Union Territories justified men...
View Articleपुष्पा- द राइज़: “कमज़ोर प्रेम कहानी और नाटकीय दृश्य कई जगह उबाऊ लगते हैं”
फिलहाल के दिनों में सामाजिक मुद्दों को छानती भारतीय फिल्में अक्सर पहले के मुकाबले ज़्यादा बनाई जा रही हैं। भारतीय सिनेमा की ओर से यह एक बहुत ही अच्छी पहल है। अगर हम बात करें साउथ इंडिया की फिल्मों की,...
View Article‘Uff Yeh Gehraiyaan’: Doobey Makes Us Sink In And Drown
When Deepika Padukone first shared the trailer of her new movie Gehraiyaan, I was over the moon. The millennial in me couldn’t contain the excitement about how refreshing the whole setup looked. It was...
View ArticleWhy Are Some Languages Slowly Disappearing From India?
The saddening rate at which languages, especially those spoken by various tribes, have been disappearing in India is concerning. While efforts have been made to help some, many are still facing...
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