The Anatomy Of The Media’s Justice System
When you want to understand what’s happening with a story that everybody is talking about, whether it’s a university protest, a murder or a financial scam, whom do you trust to give you all the...
View ArticleI Study In Step By Step And I’m Disgusted By How Media Covered The Food...
On April 5, there was an unfortunate incident of food poisoning in a prominent school in Noida. Despite school management responding effectively to the crisis, the issue was covered extensively and...
View ArticleLies, Sensationalism, Disinformation: The Enabling Of Fascism In India
What does being a journalist entail in today’s world of information technology and digitization? The growth of social media in the past half decade has inevitably been a blessing in many ways since it...
View ArticleThis Film Starring Konkona Sen Sharma Casts A Scathing Eye On India’s New...
In Jaydeep Sarkar’s 20-minute short film, “Nayantara’s Necklace”, the audience is brought into the world of the post-liberalised Indian middle class and made to question the values that they hold. Two...
View Articleअपने अस्तित्व बचाने की लड़ाई लड़ता झारखंड का बिरहोर समुदाय
देश की आज़ादी के 70 वर्षों बाद भी ऐसे कई समुदाय हैं जो आज भी हाशिये पर बने हुए हैं। ” बिरहोर जनजाति” एक ऐसा ही समुदाय है जो मुख्य रूप से झारखण्ड राज्य के कोडरमा, चतरा, हज़ारीबाग एवं रांची ज़िले में फैला...
View ArticleDear Salman Fans, Wake Up!
Dear Salman Khan fans, It hasn’t been 72 hours since the judgement for your beloved “Bhai” has been out. He had reportedly killed two blackbucks back in 1998 and since then it has been twenty years, I...
View ArticleRegulating Social Media: A Slippery Slope
The world is on social media. The number of social media users jumped from 0.97 billion in 2010 to 2.46 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach 2.02 billion in 2021. In the aftermath of allegations of...
View ArticleIs The Telugu Movie Industry Saying No To #MeToo?
Never in a million years did Harvey Weinstein believe that the sins of his past will come back to haunt him so. The #MeToo campaign and the related #TimesUp have caused a shake-up of unprecedented...
View Articleगुलज़ार की ‘कोशिश’संवेदनहीन बॉलीवुड के लिए एक बड़ी सीख है
मूक -बधिर या विक्लांग लोगों की कहानियां सिनेमा में अति नाटकीयता, दुखड़े के साथ गैर-ज़रूरी राग-विलाप समेटे हुए रहती है। आपने इन्हीं कुछ फिल्मों के आधार पर मत विकसित कर लिया होगा। लेकिन ठहरिए शायद आपने...
View ArticleRani Mukherjee’s ‘Hichki’ Helped Me Overcome The 5 Hichkis Of My Life
By now, many of us will have watched “Hichki” already. Luckily, I am one such person, and I will definitely persuade others to watch the film. Watching the film was a very liberating experience, and it...
View Article5 Indian Filmmakers On India’s Censorship Shitlist
Films often mirror societies and filmmakers are the people to present these mirrors in a form that’s hard to ignore. They highlight the problems, not to perpetuate them, but to ensure that the right...
View Articleएक अनोखी रेल यात्रा जहां पटरियों पर ताश खेलते हैं लोग और बंधी होती है भैंस
आखिरकार पटना शहर के आर ब्लॉक-दीघा रेलवे रूट की अजीबोगरीब स्थिति को पटना हाईकोर्ट ने खत्म कराने का फैसला कर लिया है।रेलवे इस छह किमी के रूट पर रोज़ ट्रेन की दो फेरी महज़ इसलिए लगवाता रहा है कि कहीं उसकी...
View Article“शर्म आती है कि इस देश में रेपिस्ट को समाज का हिस्सा बनाया जा रहा है”
रोहतास (बिहार) में एक 6 साल की की बच्ची का रेप हुआ, कठुआ (जम्मू) में एक 8 साल की बच्ची का गैंगरैप कर उसे बेरहमी से मार दिया गया। ये पढ़कर अपने देश की हालत पर अफसोस हो रहा होगा, लेकिन ये जानने के बाद कि...
View ArticleKehne Ko Humsafar Hai: Finally A Web-Series For The Middle-Aged Indian Audience
Who is the other woman? The wife or the girlfriend? Alt Balaji’s “Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain” leaves you with these questions. “Kehne Ko Humsafar Hai” very subtly conveys that an extramarital affair is not...
View ArticleOctober: Not A Love Story You’d Expect
I normally avoid anything which features the likes of Varun Dhawan. But, considering that I was anyway massively bored at home, I decided to give it a go, without any prior knowledge or expectations...
View ArticleDear Babasaheb, I’m Sorry That Today’s ‘Leaders’ Are Using You In Their Dirty...
Dear Babasaheb, I know you have been waiting for me to write to you. And I thought, what better day to do so, but your 127th birthday? I was waiting all this while, believing that things will change....
View ArticleFor Millions Worldwide, Hawking’s Death Has Left A Black Hole In Their Hearts
One of the smartest men, who probably held the answers to the mysteries of time and space, has been lost, at least in the physical realm of our existence. For millions of people around the world, he...
View Articleयौन हिंसा की कवरेज में मीडिया को सनसनी नहीं संवेदना दिखानी चाहिए
हिंसा हमारे दौर का सबसे खतरनाक, लेकिन सर्वाधिक प्रचलित शब्द है। सावाल केवल चार सालों का नहीं, उससे पहले और आने वाले समय का भी है। मुझे 2007-2008 की 31दिसंबर/01 जनवरी की रात अब भी याद है, जव न्यू ईयर इव...
View ArticleSince When Did ‘Good Looking’ And ‘Fair’ Become Synonyms?
Advertisements showcasing faces adorned with short and fascinating expressions that move to appealing tunes and visuals leave a long-lasting impression on our minds. The fact that they instantly get...
View ArticleRape And Society: An Interdependence That We Must Acknowledge
I have been frustrated and anxious for the past few days. Looking at how such large sections of our society are behaving like barbarians, I cannot believe that we are living in the 21st century. I was...
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