Arré Bench, Author at Arré

Is Amazon Prime Video Now Amazon Pri Video? What Happened Here?

While scrolling through my timeline I noticed a change in Amazon Prime Video’s logo. The “me” from prime is missing. Is it a typo or trick? Am I missing something?

Arré Bench June 4, 2016

Sports

The Slow Death of Italian Football

Italy’s failure to qualify for the World Cup might be heartbreaking, but it’s not shocking. The writing has been on the wall for a while now.

Arré Bench June 3, 2016

Bollywood

A Lifetime Achievement Award for Rekha and her Kanjeevaram

Year after year, every Bollywood award function has had two constants: Aamir Khan’s absence and Rekha’s smiling kanjeevaram-clad presence. That changed at the IIFA Awards this year.

Arré Bench June 2, 2016

Sports

Men’s Test Cricket Has Been Around for 144 Years. In 2021, It Gets Its First Woman Umpire in Claire Polosak

Claire Polosak created history as she became the first woman to officiate a men’s Test match. A fourth umpire in the India vs Australia series, she’d said that she “probably had to work a little bit harder [than men]” to get there. That’s Polosak speaking for all working women.

Arré Bench June 2, 2016

Gender

How Morally Bankrupt Are Trolls Who Thought It Was Okay to Make Memes on Rihanna’s Abuse?

On Twitter, if you are a woman with an opinion, you are subject to incessant trolling. But things went too far on social media, after Rihanna tweeted in support of farmers’ protest. Haters thought it was okay to cheer Chris Brown for assaulting the pop star and photos of her battered face were turned into memes.

Arré Bench May 31, 2016

People

Bad Boy Billionaires Take Note: The World’s Richest Woman, MacKenzie Scott, Is also the Most Charitable

In 2020, MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $6 billion to charities and educational institutions. In a recent announcement, she shared a list of 384 organisations that she had helped with donations since July this year.

Arré Bench May 31, 2016

Pop Culture

The Teacher of the Year Award Goes to Social Media

2017 has proved that social media is a great teacher; one that gave us some pretty hard-hitting lessons.

Arré Bench May 29, 2016

Coronavirus

Why Are Indians Not Showing Up to Take Their COVID-19 Vaccine Shots?

If there was one thing we waited for in 2020, it was the coronavirus vaccine. But now that it is here, India is facing a unique problem – some are reluctant to take the doses, resulting in wastage of vaccines.

Arré Bench May 29, 2016

Bollywood

“I’m On a Journey”: Irrfan Khan’s Candid Interview is Heartbreaking

In a 2018 interview with AP, Irrfan Khan spoke candidly about his cancer, and how it made him see “life from a totally different angle”. “Life offers you so much. That’s why I feel like I have no other words but thanks. There are no other words, there’s no other demand, there’s no other prayer,” he’d said.

Arré Bench May 29, 2016

History

The Lion Air Crash and Other Times When Planes Came Down

The morbid visual of a huge metal object plummeting from the sky commands a grim fascination. From the hair-raising footage of a plane crashing into a bridge in Taiwan to a miraculous river landing in New York, here’s what happens when planes and cities cross paths.

Arré Bench May 29, 2016