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‘Guuurl, You Gotta Become A Fierce Indian Drag Queen!’
Hello! My name is Prateek Sachdeva. I’m 24-years-old. I belong to a middle class family, and live with my parents and two dogs (who we treat like family, and sometimes more than that). I earned my...
View Articleपंजाब के आतंकवाद को सिख आतंकवाद कहने वाले मीडिया तुम सही नहीं हो
इतिहास में हुई हिंसा का अगर अध्ययन किया जाए तो शायद राख के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं दिखता। व्यक्तिगत रूप से मैं हर तरह की सरकारी, गैर सरकारी, राजनीति से प्रेरित या धर्म और मज़हब की आड़ में की जा रही हिंसा का...
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A Peek Into The Visual World Of Blind Photography In India
Visually-impaired people from India are exploring a visual art form like photography. Here’s to the techniques that guide them and the passion that motivates them! Many in our country are shocked at...
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Think India Can’t Make Kickass Video Games? These Developers Will Prove You...
A demon sprints through a labyrinth of corridors and rooms, hacking away at waves of enemies. One enemy gets lucky and gets a killing blow – bringing the demon down. Or does it? The demon reincarnates,...
View Articleमुहब्बत और फौज की ड्यूटी पर बनी बेहतरीन फिल्म है ‘उसने कहा था’
कथाकार चन्द्रधर शर्मा गुलेरी की कथा ‘उसने कहा था’ पर फिल्मकार बिमल राय ने इसी नाम से एक फिल्म बनाई थी। निर्माता बिमल दा की इस फिल्म को मोनी भट्टाचार्य ने निर्देशित किया था। फिल्म में सुनील दत्त, नंदा,...
View ArticleDid You Take The Real PadMan Challenge?
No doubt, menstruation is a big-time taboo in India. Social research was done to see how many people are accepting the taboo openly through the #PadmanChallenge. I saw a video where a girl...
View Article“दिल पिघल जाता है जब गैर मुल्क में घर आकर हिंदी सुनने को मिलती है”
मानवीय भावनाएं आंखों के बाद ज़ुबां से सबसे बेहतर इज़हार होती हैं। जब दिल दुखता है, तो उस दर्द को बयान करने में भाषा सबसे बड़ा योगदान देती है। रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी में आप जिस बोली का चयन करते हैं, कई बार...
View Article‘Nepotism Exists Everywhere,’ Says ‘TVF Pitchers’ Actor Maanvi Gagroo
Maanvi Gagroo is an actress from Delhi who is shifted to Mumbai for work. She is best known for various Indian web series, primarily on TVF and GIrliyapa networks. She has also worked with Abhishek...
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A Compilation Of Times Now’s Experiments With Untruth
“The pattern of a known fake and out-of-context video being deliberately recirculated multiple times by a selected section of the Indian media is a clear pointer that the objective of the exercise is...
View ArticleCommunity Radio In India: From Free Waves To Sustainability
German playwright and author Bertolt Brecht wrote: “The Radio as an Apparatus of Communication. Radio is one sided when it should be two. It is purely an apparatus for distribution, for mere sharing...
View ArticlePyaar Ek Dhoka Kyun Hai?
Pyaar Ek Dhoka Kyun Hai? I have absolutely loved following AIB’s #PyaarEkDhokaHai campaign running up to Valentine’s Day this year. Starting from silly Bollywood-ness, it was incredible to see the...
View Articleबॉलीवुड के लिए दादासाहेब फाल्के क्या अब एक पुरस्कार के नाम भर हैं?
भारतीय सिनेमा के पितामह कहे जाने वाले दादा साहेब फाल्के का जन्म महाराष्ट्र में नासिक के करीब एक गांव मे 30 अप्रैल 1870 को हुआ था। फाल्के में कला के प्रति रुझान बाल्य काल से ही मौजूद था। सन 1885 मे...
View ArticlePadman: Too Much Padding Around The Meat
What’s with these feminist Bollywood movies? You come out of the theatre after watching Dangal and wonder whether it was more to do with Aamir’s stardom instead of the heroics of the Phogat sisters....
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Understanding The Graphic Works Of Sukumar Ray
One of the most prominent children’s writers and pioneer of nonsense literature in Bengali, Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), father of Satyajit Ray, was an inheritor of his father Upendrakishore Ray...
View ArticleWas ‘Cocktail’ Really As Progressive A Movie As We Made It To Be?
When I watched this movie for the first time at 14, I didn’t think much about it. But a part of me thought it was weird that Veronica (Deepika Padukone) didn’t end up with Gautam (Saif Ali Khan). I...
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Coffee, Tea Or…? Just Some Water, Please!
I have always found it more difficult to sit through an ordinary play than a bad movie. Perhaps because I expect more from theatre than from cinema. Usually, I would find out what a play is about,...
View Article‘Aiyaary’ Movie Review: A Desperate Attempt At Manufacturing Suspense
2 Stars Out Of 5 When you are in a catch-22 while taking an important decision, just toss a coin. While the coin is in the air, a point comes when you realize what your heart actually wants because...
View ArticleWhat A Slaveless Africa Could Have Been: A Review Of Black Panther
Marvel Studios’ new film “Black Panther”, directed by Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station”, “Creed”), is an interesting and delicious juggernaut. One one hand, it tries to fit into the jigsaw puzzle of...
View ArticleAre ‘Public Opinion’ And A ‘Progressive Media’ Leading India Down The Wrong...
Co-authored by Sudipt Kumar: The recent outrage both against and for “Padmaavat” by Karni Sena and the others has almost successfully underscored the relatively-critical issues this republic faces. One...
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‘Black Panther’ Review: A Bomb Cast, Powerful Script And Compelling Music
What started with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1960s, came to fruition last week with Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther”, hitting the theaters and breaking records. According to Forbes, “Black Panther”...
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