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Indian Society Doesn’t Want Us To Watch These 19 Films About LGBTQ Lives
Movies are a reflection of society. But there are movies which society doesn’t want you to see because it is feared that they may pollute your mind by endorsing the freedom to choose who you are, the...
View ArticleSalman Khan’s Must-Watch Film ‘Tubelight’ Asks: Do You Have Faith In Yourself?
A highly anticipated, so-called ‘typical’ Bollywood movie, “Tubelight”, directed by filmmaker Kabir Khan, that stars brothers Salman Khan and Sohail Khan, talks about the plight of soldiers, their...
View ArticleKalki Koechlin’s Poem ‘Noise’ Is An Accurate Reflection Of The Clamour Of Our...
Within two days of its release on the Youtube channel BLUSH, Kalki Koechlin’s “Noise”, a slam poem, has lived up to its name. Google’s already showing more than a lakh results on “Kalki Koechlin...
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Superstar Rajinikanth Is Ready To Enter Tamil Nadu Politics, But Should He?
Gurumurthy, the editor of Thuglak Magazine confirmed Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth’s plunge into politics the day before in an interview with Republic TV. In an interview with Republic TV’s...
View Article‘Fandry’– The Lived Experience Of Caste
Pigs are a controversial species to humankind. Muslims don’t eat pork and neither do most upper caste Hindus. Personally speaking, I haven’t made peace yet with the idea of eating a dead pig or a dead...
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The Media Is Affecting How You Think Just By Its Choice Of Words
Stephen Quinn and Vincent F Filak, in their book “Convergent Journalism: An Introduction”, wrote, “Good writing is all about good word choice and proper ordering of those words. Since this is...
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Why I Walked Out Of An Office Full Of Exhausted People And Into A Classroom...
A couple of days back, a friend of mine insisted on me coming along for a play in Bandra. It was supposed to be a solo act – a single actor portraying multiple characters on stage. Initially, I felt...
View ArticleA Hindu Girl’s First Iftar Party
As someone who has been raised in a Hindu household with an urban upbringing, I am quite well versed in most Hindu traditions, but have not really had much exposure to the traditions of other...
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Tag Every Rahul/Ankit/Sameer You Know. They Need To Read This.
One of the most baffling trends has taken over Facebook in recent times. The not-so-funny, insensitive or downright nasty memes asking people to tag the ‘Rahuls’, ‘Ankits’, ‘Sameers’ (among others) in...
View ArticleYet Another Overdone Bollywood Song That Thinks Stalking Is Love
The upcoming bollywood film “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” has a lot of promise. For one thing, it’s tackling a massive issue that affects over half of India’s rural population – open defecation. It stars...
View Articleएक दिन सबको काट खाएगा सोशल मीडिया का ये लाल कुत्ता
हमारे पहाड़ों में एक कहानी अक्सर सुनाई जाती है। एक समय था जब इलाके में अकाल पड़ा हुआ था, अन्न कि घोर कमी थी और लोग दाने-दाने को तरस रहे थे। ऐसे में किसी परिवार को कहीं से थोड़ा चावल मिल गया। उन्होंने भात...
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तुम्हें चीखना नहीं चाहिए था जुनैद!
जुनैद, मुझे नहीं पता मैं तुम्हें यह पत्र क्यों लिख रहा हूँ क्योंकि तुम इसे कभी पढ़ नहीं पाओगे। मुझे नहीं पता तुम कौन थे और न ही मैंने तुम्हारे बारे में और जानने की कोशिश की। मैंने बस तुम्हारे बारे में...
View Articleक्या ये बॉलीवुड का ‘रंग दे तू मोहे गेरुआ’दौर है?
एक वक्त था 70-80 के दशकों का, जब मनमोहन देसाई और प्रकाश मेहरा जैसे निर्देशकों की फिल्मों और पात्रों से सेक्युलरिज़्म झलकती थी। कैफ़ी आज़मी जैसे कलाकार भी हुए जो हर सामाजिक-राजनीतिक हलचल पर खुलकर बात करते...
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36 Dalit Writers Who Disrupted India’s Literary History
The reason writers, such as Raj Gowthaman and Urmila Pawar, or projects, such as Dalit History Month, have sought to rewrite or question literary history is that it has historically been dominated by...
View Article10 Songs Of 2017 That Tell Us Sexism And Bollywood Are Still Friends
We are half way through the year and there is no dearth of sexist and misogynist Bollywood music. The sad part is that most of these music albums that sometimes have harmless titles, very subtly push...
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This Malayalam Film Will Enrage You For All The Right Reasons
I vividly remember the end scene of the film “Ka Bodyscapes” that was being shown at the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) 2016. Just as I entered the dark auditorium at Alliance Française de...
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In Pictures: The Last Warriors Of The Headhunting Tribe Of Nagaland
The headhunters belong to the ferocious Konyak Naga tribe in Lungwa village on the eastern edge of Nagaland. In the village, you won’t be able to find a hospital, police station or even a panchayat...
View Articleबीमार होती दुनिया को सिर्फ पोएट्री नहीं, ‘पोएट्री क्लीनिक’ की ज़रूरत है
मन्नत अरमान ने कुछ महीने पहले मेरी आवाज़ में रिकॉर्ड करने के लिए कुछ कविताएं भेजी थीं। मैंने कारण पूछा तो बताया कि आपकी आवाज़ की गोलियां बनाकर ‘मरीज़ों’ का इलाज करेंगी। मैंने कविताएं देखीं तो वो कुछ...
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‘When I Told Mom I Love Belly Dancing, She Asked Why I Couldn’t Do Something...
Eshan Hilal, a 24-year-old man from Delhi is an embodiment of busting myths about gender that patriarchy continues to force upon us. He is a belly dancer. A professional male belly dancer is not...
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This Instagram Artist Celebrates The “Kalmuhi” Woman That Indian Society Hates
As a woman growing up in a patriarchal set up, I’ve had several questions and asking them blatantly is a taboo in itself. From commenting on periods, sex, sexuality, feminism, gender stereotypes,...
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