Posted inGender
What Do We Do About the Sexual Harassers’ List?
There's plenty right with Raya Sarkar's sexual harassers' list, and plenty wrong. But what if we think of it as an instrument to strengthen our processes?
Posted inModern Family
Amma and I: Roommates turned BFFs
Amma and I were put together in a room by fate, but our relationship has bloomed because of trust and empathy. In fact, I can’t recall having a better friend in the truest sense of the word.
Posted inPop Culture
Ranveer Singh Can Play Anybody
Bollywood may just get redemption for its infamous reputation of miscasting actors when it comes to biopics. Ranveer Singh being cast as Kapil Dev in 83, could finally be the gamble that’d pay off.
Posted inFirst Person
World Post Day: How My Mother Lost Her Voice as Emails Replaced Letters
Sometimes, when I miss my mother’s younger, healthier, happier self, all I need to do is close my eyes and think of the beautiful letters she wrote me – letters as distinct as the way she drapes her saree. But the realisation that my life was going to be forever lacking in the salt of her written words dawned on me when her memory began to fade.
Posted inPop Culture
Dobaaraa Review: More than just a faithful adaptation
Dobaaraa has plenty of things working work it including Tapsee Pannu’s acting and Anurag Kashyap’s direction. In fact, it possibly outdoes the original.
Posted inDisArré
“Leave the Country” is Our Copyright: Bhakts tell US
A US judge faces a copyright lawsuit from Modi bhakts, who claim that making people leave the country for not supporting the incumbent is their intellectual property.
Posted inBollywood
Made in China Review: Rajkummar Rao, Boman Irani Wasted in a Movie that Lacks Originality
Made in China is far from genuine. Its plot is a lot like Vicky Donor, there’s a school monologue that has a solid 3 Idiots hangover, and the film’s abrupt commentary on sexual health is a cheap knockoff of Shubh Mangal Savdhaan.
Posted inPop Culture
Kanye West’s Jesus Is King Isn’t An Album, It’s A Life Event
There’s very little point in forming a real opinion on the songs in Jesus is King, for their purpose has gone beyond being just songs. Instead, these are roundabout ways for Kanye West to announce to the world who he is at this point in time.
Posted inPOV
Fake News and the Case of the Internet Police Gone Rogue
In the Cambridge Analytica exposé, Facebook has been negligent with sensitive data. Google was fined €2.42 billion by the EU for manipulating search engine results to favour its own shopping service. Do they then have a moral right to carry out the function of being the internet police?
Posted inPOV
For My Mother, the Biggest Indian Festival of All Was Republic Day
The Republic Day Parade celebrates the Constitution, itself an expression of the spirit of our country and its diversity – of dances and songs, physical features, historical characters and incidents; the countless stories that make up this glorious republic.