Articles

Why My Family Remembers the 1983 World Cup Victory More Fondly than Most

I still remember what it was like on 25 June, 1983, the day India beat West Indies to win its maiden cricket World Cup, an odd thing to say about an event that occurred before one’s lifetime. But pieced together from anecdotes told over innumerable lunches, I know exactly how it all happened.

Rupha Ramani July 9, 2016

Pop Culture

The Prophet of the Apes

Proving you can send a monkey to do a man’s job, War for the Planet of the Apes might be a better Biblical film than The Ten Commandments and the recent flop, Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 9, 2016

Pop Culture

Leila Review: A Tedious Netflix Series that is Neither Political Commentary Nor Dystopian Drama

It’s hard to remain invested in a show whose physical universe doesn’t come across as dystopian at all. Leila’s identifiers of the future — social inequality, water shortages, and extremism — aren’t as shocking for these are troubles that play out in present-day India with alarming regularity.

Poulomi Das July 9, 2016

Pop Culture

Why Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Will Always Be More than Just Another Superhero Film

Black Panther transcends the stereotype of being “just” a superhero blockbuster, which is becoming an art Marvel films have started to perfect. It’s a post-colonial sci-fi saga with something important to say.

Kahini Iyer July 9, 2016

Features

Channel Your Inner Hulks Now: How Intel Worked Its Magic & Transformed Marvel’s Avengers

Marvel’s Avengers has been one of the most-awaited games of the year. It has been an instant hit and in order to achieve that thrilling experience, developers Crystal Dynamics partnered with Intel to make CPU optimizations for PC players. Now, Intel India's sweepstake-style contest is your ultimate chance to come closer to the superhero experience and win prizes worth up to Rs. 400,000.

Aditya Bhalla July 9, 2016

Bollywood

10 Years On, I’d Do Anything but “Rock On!!”

At 12, I was convinced that music was my calling and Rock On!! was the closest I could get to the ultimate rockstar experience. But today, as the film turns 10, I find nothing redeeming about the film, except its music.

Nihal Bambulkar July 8, 2016

Pop Culture

Laal Singh Chaddha review: A Faithful Adaptation that Never Quite Soars

Laal Singh Chaddha is a faithful remake of Forrest Gump but besides a couple of heartfelt moments it imports no language or perspective of its own.

Pradeep Menon July 8, 2016

Health

PCOS, the Condition Every Other Indian Woman Experiences But Doesn’t Talk About

When Sara Ali Khan spoke about PCOS on a Koffee with Karan episode, I screamed, “Go girl”. I’d had the disorder – which affects one in 10 Indian women – for years before I sought help for it. But if it is so common, why are we so afraid and ashamed to talk about it?

Mavis D'Silva July 8, 2016

Culture

Hum, Tum, Aur Aap: Why the Insipid “You” Can Never Match the Intimacy of Hindi Pronouns

People seeped in the homogeneity of English and its pervading usage of “you” may rarely notice the gravitas that pronouns can lend to a language. But in Hindi, pronouns define more than people: They define regions, cultures, levels of civility, and even intimacy.

Runjhun Noopur July 8, 2016

Love and Sex

Lessons from My First Threesome

In a threesome, cunnilingus is acceptable – a cuddle is not.

Author||ila ananya July 8, 2016