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Batla House Review: A Promising Thriller Shouldered By an Intense John Abraham

Is it possible to make an unbiased film about a real-life event? Nikhil Advani's Batla House suggests that the answer might be a no. But what the film lacks in objectivity, it makes up by being surprisingly compelling. For once, John Abraham wields his stoic demeanour to complement the mayhem unfolding on the screen, instead of distracting from it.

Sonali Kokra March 2, 2016

Love and Sex

Dear 30-Something Woman, Dare to Dildo

I know what you’re thinking. I don’t do dildos! I’m not that woman. May I assure you that you are?

Tia Basu March 2, 2016

Sports

Sunil Chhetri: The Man Who Made India Fall for Football

Sunil Chhetri has been providing fans with magical moments throughout his career, it’s just that we haven’t been around to witness them. He’s more than a “Goal Machine” and “Captain Fantastic”, he is the man who has inspired an indifferent crowd to finally pay attention to Indian football.

Hardik Rajgor March 2, 2016

Sports

The Making of Prithvi Shaw, the Virar Boy Who Took on the Windies

About five years ago, a boy rewarded with a meal of manchow soup in the khau gully behind Churchgate station, began a journey that ended yesterday: with a scintillating hundred on debut in a Test match against West Indies.

Shail Desai March 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Ardh is a Fraction of What Rajpal Yadav Could have Been and Could still be

All the compromises show in Ardh, which nevertheless manages to rise above its constraints and show us a version of Rajpal Yadav we deserve to see more of.

Pradeep Menon March 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Ant-Man and the Wasp: What Will it Take for Marvel to Fix its “Women Problem”?

Marvel’s first female headliner offers the studio the perfect playground to fix its infamous “woman problem”. So why does the film feel like Ant-Man and the Afterthought, rather than Ant-Man and the Wasp?

Kahini Iyer March 2, 2016

Gender

Ties that Bind: How the Nose Ring that Enslaved My Mother Liberated Me

My mother refused to wear a nose ring, viewing it as yet another marker of marital status that found its way onto a woman’s body. By the time I was a teen, piercings signified a way for women to exercise their right over their bodies. I embraced this piece of jewellery as instantly as my mother had rejected it.

Anuradha Ganapathy March 2, 2016

Modern Family

Channel Change Karo! Why Indian Parents Reach for the Remote When There’s a Kissing Scene

Desi parents are some of the most vigilant gatekeepers of “objectionable” content in the world. To ensure that their children turn out to be as sanskari as Tulsi Virani, they turn to the remote control – skip, fast forward, change the channel. But in the age of the internet, is it possible to restrict what their children watch?

Akanksha Dhyani March 2, 2016

Bollywood

14 Years of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi: Why Sudhir Mishra’s Emergency Drama is the Definitive Political Film of Our Generation

Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi critiques the eternal debate between the Indian Left’s romanticism of its “cause” and its ability to propagate “change”. It’s extraordinary how a film made in 2005 managed to foreshadow a reality that the Left is waking up to, only now.

Parth Pandya March 2, 2016

Gender

What Every Woman Must Remember While Celebrating the Victory of Priya Ramani

My mind kept coming back to the first words uttered by Priya Ramani after she was acquitted in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar. “Me, the victim, had to stand in court as the accused.” What we are celebrating effectively is the fact that a sexual harassment survivor wasn’t convicted of defamation.

Poulomi Das March 2, 2016