Posted inPop Culture
Lose Yourself to Badshah
So enraged was I at Badshah’s sacrilegious shade thrown at Eminem that I set out on a warpath against him. After the disdain, came a tinge of admiration.
Posted inPop Culture
Ranveer Singh is Changing the Rules of Engagement
Singh is known for making bold choices, but the fact that a man who is often inarticulate and carries a messy energy, the decision to bare it all opens a door for expression where none presumably existed.
Posted inPOV
Lessons from Prakash Raj to Bollywood Superstars
At the India Today South Conclave, Prakash Raj went full-on savage at the government, calling them out on everything from Karni Sena to Gauri Lankesh’s murder. When was the last time Bollywood took an uncomfortable political stand?
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F*CK YOU 2021. There we said it!
2020 was bad for its own reasons, but 2021 really punched the living hell out of us. Death to this terrible of all years is an understatement. It should instead be sentenced to be things far worse and meaner.
Posted inBollywood
Manto Review: Alcoholic, Absent Father, Dazzling Writer… How to Get a Biopic Right
Most Indian biopics are hagiographies, glossing over the imperfections of their protagonists. Nandita Das’s Manto is none of that. Her Manto is a dazzling writer, betrayed Indian, troubled alcoholic, and an absent family man in the backdrop of a divided nation.
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The Joy of Watching a Cricket Match With Family
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the loving relationship you share with your parivaar can be fraught with difficulties. Siblings are perpetually competing for the Most Annoying award and mom keeps trying to make tinda-aloo a thing. Fortunately, there is one saviour for our shared sanity — and its name is the Indian Premier League.
Posted inGender
Gift Wrap The Lovestick
Why are women okay with letting their man stick his nanga peepee into their vajayjay? Why are they okay with just popping a pill the morning after?
Posted inEarth
A Nation of Litterbugs: Why Swachh Bharat Will Always Remain an Unfulfilled Dream
Not only do Indians have an astonishing lack of civic sense, we can also counter it with classic whataboutery. India will continue to top lists of dirtiest cities in the world, until we teach the next generation to pick up after themselves, instead of posing with brooms on social media.
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The Big Bull Review: This Harshad Mehta Story Feels Like a Wikipedia Entry Made More Dull by Abhishek Bachchan
Most biopics are pedestrian visual accounts of Wikipedia pages of their subjects. The Big Bull is no different. It unfolds as a series of events that have to be ticked off a list and has no insights to offer. Abhishek Bachchan’s lazy and uninspired performance makes matters worse.
Posted inHealth
My Mother, the Madwoman in the Attic
Most people know schizophrenia as a mental disorder that affects the way a person behaves and perceives the world. I know it intimately as the event that shaped my life.