Arré Bench, Author at Arré

Kesari Review: The Akshay Kumar Movie Manages to Make the Feat of 21 vs 10,000 Look Boring

Kesari, a retelling of the events of the Battle of Saragarhi, tells you nothing about the clash between the valiant 21 Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army and 10,000 Afghan tribesmen that a quick Google search will not. The battle is uninspiring and unnecessarily long drawn-out, and there is little imagination in the fight sequences.

Arré Bench July 21, 2016

Pop Culture

Ocean’s 8: What a Way to Cap the Year of the Woman

The utter coolness of Ocean 8’s trailer is especially heightened because it comes in a year where the prevailing climate is being dictated by women.

Arré Bench July 21, 2016

DisArré

EXCLUSIVE: Firecracker Ban Ke Side Effects

We visit Delhi after SC's judgement that banned the sale of crackers and imposed a two hour time limit on bursting green crackers. Even the idea of clean air has sent everyone’s brain into toxic shock.

Arré Bench July 20, 2016

Pop Culture

Comment of the Week: The Vivek Agnihotri Edition

Welcome to Comment of the Week, where we psychoanalyse ourselves and try to understand what people are trying to tell us. Brought to you by Arré’s resident psychoanalyst and therapist, Sigmund Fried.

Arré Bench July 20, 2016

Technology

RIP Privacy, WhatsApp is Our New Mom

With WhatsApp updating its privacy policy, it’ll share data with other Facebook-owned and third party apps. It’ll also share details like your location and battery level. WhatsApp then is basically a lot like a typical Indian mom who knows everything about you and shares it with the rest of the fam.

Arré Bench July 19, 2016

Features

OPPO Reno 10x Zoom: It’s Time to Stop, Snap and Smell the Roses

For those who don’t devote a good portion of their time keeping abreast of the smartphone market, it can be a pretty overwhelming place.

Arré Bench July 18, 2016

Sports

Happy Birthday, Rahul Dravid! Life Lessons from “The Wall”

Rahul Dravid’s simplicity, dedication, and honesty is cause for celebration in a sporting universe that is moving away from those simple ideals.

Arré Bench July 17, 2016

Gender

#Throwback 2018: What We Thought of the #MeToo Movement

The revelation that “the woke” didn’t shy away from being predators behind closed doors and mobile screens was the catalyst for India’s #MeToo movement. Here are extracts from some of our best essays on the subject.

Arré Bench July 16, 2016

People

What Were You Doing at 16? Ayesha Aziz Became India’s Youngest Pilot at That Age

Sixteen-year-old Ayesha Aziz became the youngest student pilot in India in 2011. Aziz graduated in aviation from the Bombay Flying Club in 2016, and the following year, at 21, she bagged her commercial pilot’s license. Since then, she has also trained at NASA.

Arré Bench July 16, 2016

Pop Culture

Thor: Ragnarok and the Marvel of Self-Parody

Thor: Ragnarok is a road trip loaded with more jokes than the Bill Burr stand-up, more emotion than the fakery of the second Guardians movie, and perhaps the best CGI ever in a superhero film.

Arré Bench July 16, 2016