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Women In The Indian Music Industry Call Out Sexism And Misogyny
By Dhruva Balram: Let’s get it out of the way early: the music industry, like every other in our patriarchal society, is sexist. We all know that. It’s especially prevalent in India where, within...
View Articleसंघ पोषित स्कूल से मेरी पढ़ाई, और राष्ट्रवाद की मेरी समझ
यदि आप स्वयं को भारतीय संस्कृति के रक्षक मानते हैं या आपको अपने घनघोर राष्ट्रवादी होने का अभिमान है अथवा आप भारतीय जनता पार्टी, राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ या अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद के सक्रिय सदस्य...
View ArticleChanging Minds, One Joke At A Time: Can Comedy Bring Social Change?
Standing against a red brick backdrop, holding a mike in his hand, stand up comedian Daniel Fernandes, begins performing his piece in front of a young audience. “If you have been reading the news...
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His Friend Sexually Assaulted, Actor Prithviraj Vows To Never Do What Most...
On February 17 in Kochi, a group of seven men abducted and sexually assaulted a female actor in a moving car, as she made her way back from a shoot in Thrissur. The police have made arrests in the...
View Article“रंगून विशाल भारद्वाज की सबसे कमज़ोर फिल्म है”
‘रंगून’ मैंने गुजरात के वापी शहर में देखी। मुंबई यहां से बहुत नज़दीक है, मगर सिनेमा हॉल अब भी दो-चार ही। विशाल भारद्वाज का सिनेमा देखने वाले उससे भी कम। देश की इंडस्ट्रीज़ से फैलने वाले केमिकल प्रदूषण...
View ArticleCaptain Vishal Bhardwaj Sinks The ‘Rangoon’ Ship Midway
It is easy to speak your mind by typing a set of words and invest a couple of hours to summarise a film in less than 500 words. In the process, quite a lot of writers forget the blood and sweat that...
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Women Can Have Sexual Fantasies Too? Well, The Censor Board Doesn’t Agree
Yes, you read it right. An ‘ideal’ Indian woman, also known as a sanskari woman, is supposed to be asexual. In other words, they must not ever speak, hear, think or even feel anything which has to do...
View ArticleMusician Challenges Regressive CBFC, Wins Case To Air Same-Sex Music Video
Alankrita Srivastava’s new film, “Lipstick Under My Burkha”, may be in the dock for being a “lady oriented film“, but those against undue certification, have finally got something to cheer about. After...
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10 Amazing Films By Asian Female Directors For Those Suffering From Bollywood...
At a time when women are still grossly under represented in mainstream movie industries, be it Hollywood or Bollywood, Indie cinema is, as ever, proving fertile ground for fresh perspectives and...
View ArticleMedia: The Strongest And The Most Misused Tool In Students’ Politics
The past couple of years have seen a turbulent rise in issues concerning universities around the nation. However, there has been no authoritative study of the common grounds that all these significant...
View Articleप्रकाश झा की फिल्मों और सेंसर बोर्ड का है पहले का नाता कोई
बहुत फिल्में होती हैं जो आपके आसपास की घटनाओं के लेकर बनाई जाती हैं। यानी जो भी समाज में उस दौर की समस्याएं होती हैं फिल्में उन्हें मनोरंजन के माध्यम से हमारे सामने लाती है। कुछ फिल्में विवादों में आती...
View Article‘Rangoon’ Could Have Been An Epic Romance But This Is Why It Fails
She is feisty, he is subdued. She is an opportunist; he doesn’t mind grabbing a good opportunity when he sees one. She is all heart and a little bit of mind, they are both mind but all heart when they...
View ArticleHas Indian Television Become A Glorified Recycling Bin?
It all started when my mother switched on an all-time favourite, much-hyped broadcasting channel one afternoon and I decided to sit through her session of so-called daily “entertainment”. A teaser...
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Why The CBFC Wants You To Watch ‘Mastizaade’ But Not ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
A still from “Lipstick Under My Burkha” For the past two days, I’ve been encountering posts about the kind of movies that the Indian censor board either bans or doesn’t. Last week, a friend and I were...
View Article‘Logan’ Is A Fitting Farewell To Hugh Jackman As Wolverine
Set in 2029, the film “Logan” follows a largely dystopian plot. Dr Charles Xavier’s school is in ruins. He and Logan (Wolverine) hide near the Mexican border. Logan does odd jobs in order to keep his...
View Articleहोली के बैकग्राउंड पर बनी बेहतरीन फिल्म है ‘फागुन’
फाग़ के दिनों में राजेन्द्र सिंह बेदी की फिल्म ‘फागुन’ याद आती है। फागुन, गोपाल (धर्मेन्द्र) एवं शांता दामले (वहीदा रहमान) पति-पत्नी की कहानी हैं। बेमेल शादी के पहलुओं से परिचित कराती यह कथा प्रेम में...
View ArticleThe Censorship Of An Indian Play That No One Is Outraging Over
A section of playwrights has expressed fury over the suggested 19 cuts in the Marathi play “Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat” in Mumbai. The play, written by Janardhan Jadhav, throwing light on Dalit atrocities...
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6 Bold, Patriarchy-Smashing Films To Watch This Women’s Day
Bollywood has its way of reinforcing gender stereotypes, which justify and normalize all kinds of unfairness and violence meted out to women. Some movies, however, also did their bit to reverse this...
View ArticleA ‘Thank You’ To All The Ads That Have Played With My Insecurities
Editor’s note: This story is in response to Youth Ki Awaaz’s topic for this week – #WomensDay to start conversations on how we can achieve a gender equal society. If you have faced gender-based...
View Article5 Hilarious Female-Centric Web Sketches You Need To Watch Right Now
Editor’s note: This story is in response to Youth Ki Awaaz’s topic for this week – #WomensDay to start conversations on how we can achieve a gender equal society. If you have faced gender-based...
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