30 Years of Seinfeld: All Hail the “Lord of the Idiots” George Costanza
Played by Jason Alexander, George Costanza hit TV screens with Seinfeld exactly 30 years ago. For every self-regarding, ripped male Adonis on television, George’s consistency…
Can India Run Its Cities Without Migrant Workers?
Imagine being able to run a city without the cheap labour provided by migrant workers. Without Aziz bhai to fix the socket or Chetna didi…
What Prayaag Akbar’s Leila Says About the Caste-Illiterate Upper Class
In Prayaag Akbar’s Leila, now adapted into a Netflix series, the journey of its protagonist Shalini, echoes the social deafness of most privileged men and…
Thodi Si Jo Pi Li Hai: Why Can’t So Many Indian Men Handle Their Alcohol?
Most Indian men don’t drink alcohol to discern the fruity bouquet of a robust wine or savour the long finish of a single malt. If…
Manmohan Desai Was a Bollywood Institution Who Belonged to The Masses
Manmohan Desai would have turned 83 on February 26. The director and producer, who made an entire country laugh out loud catered to the lowest…
P Gopi: The Friend, the Opponent, the Legend
Every badminton player who knew Gopi, knew there was something different about him. This difference would go on to change the course of India’s Olympic…
Help Me! My Father is a Bhakt
I don’t recall my father ever displaying any obvious political preferences, but the turning point came during the 2014 Modi wave. Our mini flare-ups soon…
Haar Kar Jeetne Wali Ko Harmanpreet Kaur Kehte Hain
If there’s one word to describe a captain who leaves out a veteran from her squad in a crucial game, it’s bold. That’s Harmanpreet Kaur,…
Censor Di M** Di
A film about drug abuse in Punjab is objectionable. But it is okay to portray all Catholic Goans as drunks and all south Indians as…
The Truth about Sunburn aka Ghor Kalyug
I urge our netas to visit a music festival to understand that all the hype about sex and drugs is for nothing. You can barely…