Imran Khan Archives

Why Delhi Belly is the Most Accurate Representation of India’s Millennials

In a sea of formulaic youth-oriented films like Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Wake Up Sid that sugar-coated the lives of the youth, Delhi Belly stood out for how rooted it felt to reality. In real life, bachelors don’t live, they survive. And Delhi Belly accurately represented it.

Nihal Bambulkar July 28, 2016

POV

Dear Indians, Our WhatsApp Hysteria is Not Going to Resolve the India-Pakistan Tensions

Since India-Pakistan tensions have escalated every civilian has turned into a defence expert. WhatsApp and social media have turned war into a dinner-table conversation, where we now plan how to “finish Pakistan” and “kill Masood Azhar like the US killed Osama”.

Hardik Rajgor July 23, 2016

Pop Culture

Trevor Noah and the Lazy Art of Mistimed Racial Stereotypes

Reducing India to outdated jokes about Bollywood dancing and funny accents is what American pop culture does best. Even as we see marginally better representations thanks to stars like Mindy Kaling, it’s still rare to see desis outside the context of “funny”. Trevor Noah is no different.

Kahini Iyer July 7, 2016

Bollywood

10 Years After Jaane Tu… We Check in on Meow and Rats

By the end of Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Meow and Rats left us with all kinds of #CoupleGoals. But whatever happened to feisty Aditi and chocolatey Jai post the end credits of the film?

Jackie Thakkar July 2, 2016