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In Pictures: A Day In The Life Of The Photographers At India Gate
With a DSLR camera hanging on his shoulders, and some photograph samples in his hands, 27-year-old Mohit is searching for tourists visiting India Gate. He is looking for potential customers who would...
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‘A Fantastic Woman’ And The Foreign Language Of Love
All languages are equal but some languages are more equal than other languages. Each of them is bound by definite vocabularies and in some communities, the vocabulary is not large enough to accommodate...
View ArticleHere’s Why We Seek The ‘Exotic In Our Pop Culture
Every year, Disney comes up with one or more of its animated films. Although these films are directed towards children and their parents, Disney gets its fair share of viewership from adults. Just like...
View Article“रवीश को धमकी देने वाले लोग, धर्म को देश से ऊपर मानते हैं”
देश तमाम मुद्दों और चुनौतियों के बाद भी लगातार आगे बढ़ रहा है, ऐसा मानने वाले लोग ज़रा रूककर सोचे, क्या देश सचमुच आगे ही बढ़ रहा है ? कोई यह सब क्यों सोचेगा? जब लोगों के मन में यह बैठा दिया गया है कि देश...
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Govt. Of India Reduces Daughters To Roti Makers, Social Media Calls Bullshit
Behold! You are about to witness a graffiti that sent India back 50 years in just 2 sentences. If you live absolutely in a cave and use no social media, only then you may have missed the viral image of...
View ArticleI Love Hrithik Roshan For Doing This Commercial That Challenges Sexist...
With the Royal Wedding trending all over the world, a certain speech of Meghan Markle’s also kept surfacing on the internet. Her speech at the United Nations where she talks about how as an 11-year-old...
View Article’13 Reasons Why’ Should Have Ended With Season 2
SPOILER ALERT I liked the first season of ’13 Reasons Why’, as I mentioned in a previous article. Unlike season 1, I binge-watched season 2 without paying any attention to the reviews or tweets related...
View ArticleDear Indian Media, Kashmiris Are Not Pakistanis, Or Terrorists
As I start writing this piece, I remember Mahatma Gandhi’s famous quote about the press, “The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power but, to misuse that power is a criminal act.”...
View ArticleThe Fairness Obsession: What India Needs To Know About Colourism
If you’re an Indian, you would have probably seen advertisements on the TV or billboards featuring certain products which claim to have effective, skin-lightening formulas. As a child too, you would’ve...
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In Response To Flak I Received For My Post About ‘Veere Di Wedding’
So, recently, I wrote this article here on YKA titled – ‘Veere Di Wedding’ Is Neither Women-Centric Nor Powerful’. While I am overwhelmed by the majority response regarding my very brief point, I also...
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3 Terrifying Trends In Big Media Houses Unearthed By The Cobrapost Sting...
What is media integrity? Media integrity refers to the ability of a news media outlet to serve the public interest and democratic process, making it resilient to institutional corruption within the...
View Articleसंजू ट्रेलर: संजय दत्त की कहानी में आप रणबीर कपूर के फैन हो जाएंगे
फ़िल्म ‘संजू वन मैन, मेनी लाइव्स’ घोषणा के साथ ही चर्चाओं में आ गयी थी और टीज़र रिलीज़ के बाद दर्शको का उत्साह बढ़ता चला गया। टीज़र से एक धमाकेदार ट्रेलर की उम्मीद थी, जिसका सभी बेसब्री से इंतज़ार कर रहे थे...
View ArticleCinema And Literature: Two Art Forms That Build And Grow Together
Cinema and Literature are two distinct but equally extraordinary works of art. Where literature was a popular form of expression during the 18th and 19th century, cinema has taken its place by the 20th...
View ArticleDear Rajkumar Hirani, Was The ‘350 Women’ Dialogue Really Needed?
As someone who grew up in the ’80s, Sanjay Dutt was the epitome of masculinity and cool for me. I actually had a mega poster of him, those searing eyes looking into the camera, wearing what we used to...
View ArticleZee News Accuses Afghani Burqa-Clad Women In Kairana Of Spreading Talibani...
The infamous Zee News and its anchor Sudheer Chaudhary have done it again. They have a new target and this time it is the poor old women from the Kairana bypoll. Women have been accused of wearing a...
View Article‘Raazi’ And The Curious Case Of Muslim Protagonists In Bollywood
Let me start by clearing that this is not a critique of the film “Raazi”. In fact, I really liked the movie and the alleged real story that it is based on is really incredible. However watching this...
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Censorship, Propaganda, Cold-Blooded Murder: The Future Of Indian Media?
India as a democracy has seen many ups and down in her journey of seven decades. All her four pillars—the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and the press—have also acknowledged different...
View ArticleThe Art Of Being Woke: An Attempt By The New Indian Millennial
They talk George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” to discuss labour rights and quote Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminist Ted Talks. They discuss “To Sir With Love” and its central theme of racial issues in a...
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The Poisonous Secret Behind Products Made By Brands Like Starbucks, Nestlé...
It is in the ‘slow kitchens’ of traditional communities with ingredients from one’s field or their neighbour’s gardens, where varieties of cuisines and healthy food was once cooked. However, the rapid...
View ArticleThis Is Why ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Scares Me About India’s Future
In 21st century India, Margret Atwood’s book “The Handmaid’s Tale” and the TV adaptation by Hulu might be the most prominent story that we need to give attention to if we want to understand the...
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