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How Chasing The ‘Rs 100 Crore’ Dream Has Ruined Bollywood
By Kamalika Mukherjee: “Filmein sirf teen cheezon se chalti hai – Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment” – The Dirty Picture. These days, however, there is yet another aspect which has turned out...
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Daastan-E-Lucknow: Do You Know Of This City’s Love For Chai And Samosa?
By Nivedita Singh: “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy tea and that’s kind of the same thing” A line best suited for Lucknowites. The city’s love for tea is one of a kind. Some prefer a solo cup...
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What Pokémon Brought To The 90s Kid In India Has Turned Into A Rage: Read More
By Debayan Das: If you have grown up singing to the tunes of the Pokémon theme song or tried to imitate Goku in every possible way imaginable, then Congrats! You have watched the right television shows...
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I’m A Shah Rukh Khan Fan And Here’s Why I Found ‘Fan’ To Be An Uncomfortable...
By Somdutta Sarkar: At the outset, let me clarify that I am nowhere as crazy as the eponymous character in the film. I have engaged in my fair share of brawls with SRK haters, pissed off many friends...
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Because There Is No One Way Of Being A ‘Girl’: 90s Cartoons That Taught Me...
By Shambhavi Saxena for Cake: Editor’s Note: Before TV-loving little girls got schooled in one-dimensional femininity from movies rated PG13 and up, male-centric cartoons like ‘TaleSpin’, ‘Dexter’s...
View ArticleWatch: Some Kids Meet A ‘Drunkard’, And What Happens Next Is A Lesson For Us All
By Rachit: Considered as ‘Laureate of American Lowlife’, Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-born American poet who spoke about lives of poor Americans and drudgery of daily routine through poetry and...
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A Show That Redefines Feminist And Queer Comedy: Watched It Yet?
By Rachit: Netflix, last week premiered the second season of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘. Created by Tina Fey and Robert Callock, the comedy-series features Elle Kemper as ‘Kimmy Schmidt’, a woman...
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10 Stunning Instagram Accounts That Will Add Meaning To Your Life
By Anurag Banerjee: 1) Aatish Nath (@aatishn) Mumbai-based Aatish Nath is a writer by profession, but one look at his Instagram account tells you that he has quite an eye for detail and the...
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What We Can Learn From Malayalam Cinema’s Epic Win Of LGBT+ Representation
By Allen George Joseph: A still from Ligy J. Pullappally’s Sanchaaram As I was checking out upcoming Malayalam movies the other day, I read about ‘My Life Partner‘, a story about two gay men who decide...
View ArticleWatch As One Of The World’s Most Influential Filmmakers Talks About Filmmaking
By Rachit Sai Barak: Werner Herzog is one of the prolific filmmakers of our time. His films are usually set in distinct, distant landscapes, following characters that are often in conflict with nature....
View ArticleWhy I Am Excited About The New Movie ‘Phobia’
By Anugraha Hadke: Good thrillers in Indian cinema are hard to come by. I think the last Hindi thriller that I truly liked was ‘Kahaani’, and that released four years ago. So it is pretty...
View ArticleA Film On Exam Pressure Raises An Important Question We All Need To Answer
By Lipi Mehta: I spent the better part of my school years in a boarding school on the outskirts of Coimbatore. Many of our teachers were more like friends, who were not afraid to bend the rules...
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How Bollywood’s Representation Of Transgender People Is Downright Horrifying
By Rohini Banerjee for Cake: As an Indian kid, and a keen lover of popular culture, growing up in the late 1990s and 2000s was a perplexing time—because the pop culture I consumed gave me some warped...
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Here’s How Emma Watson’s Dress At This Party Does Something Cool For The...
By Anugraha Hadke: Image posted by Emma Watson on Facebook Celebrities are often known to make bold statements with their choice of outfits at public events. Remember Lady Gaga and the dress made of...
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The Super Way 4000 Artisans Are Saving And Selling Their Craft By Taking It...
By Miks C-Kellman: “India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.” – Mark Twain Leather...
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Why The Media’s ‘Conniving Art Of Storytelling’ Is Completely Unacceptable
By Umang Saigal: When the world sleeps, they are awake; with their teardrops on fire and fearlessness in their breath. They travel, they capture, in the darkness, to enlighten us, to show us the...
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In Photos: A Brave Kashmiri Pandit Woman Who Defied The Exodus To Protect Her...
By Muhabit ul Haq: Mothers can be selfish, selfless, wicked and are always frightened, for their kids. They live for their children and they would die for them. Not everyone has this capacity to love!...
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How Chaayos’ Ad On Mother’s Day Says There Is Something ‘Lacking’ With Single...
By Debojit Dutta: Source: Posted by Chaayos on Twitter On the evening of May 6, roaming around the SDA market, New Delhi, I came across a strange poster adorning Chaayos, a favourite chain café in the...
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“Just Draw”
By Shruti Sharma: When I first started drawing, I’d doodle for hours on end, draw impossibly unrealistic things and never really wait around for ‘inspiration’. Inspiration – that big word that artists...
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In Photos: As JNU Hunger Strike Continues, Students Stand Strong In Support
By Tanushree Bhasin: A human chain was formed on Saturday, 7th May, by students and alumni of JNU in support of students from Leftist organisations participating in a hunger strike which has entered...
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