The Patriarchy Strikes Back
The gendered responses to Deepika Padukone’s video and the hierarchically prescriptive discources it generated reflect the…
April, 2015
Poems by Sanjeev Sethi
Life Story Acid of aloneness is less caustic than cussedness of company. Litterateurs mention little…
Uncle Jeff
Jeffrey Archer took to writing only when he was forced to quit politics for the first…
Not a Room of One’s Own
They’re a ubiquitous sight, the first line of defense against interlopers for the nervous rich. But…
The Outsider Within
Left solidarity is impossible if our Leftists give in to conservative impulses when faced with dissent…
“Dear Sir”: Letters from Ratan Bai
The actor’s tussle with New Theatres over being edited out is instructive of the preconceptions of…
A Decorum of Purity?
The sanitary napkin isn’t some vulgar affront to polite society, but a perfectly valid prop to…
Truth Detective
Dibakar Banerjee’s much-awaited Byomkesh film isn’t really a Byomkesh film. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Director: Dibakar Banerjee…
Room to Improve
As a practising lawyer and ardent admirer of the Indian judiciary, Sumant Batra believes it is…
Paradise Lost
Devjani Bodepudi writes a short story about an alternative justice system.Many centuries ago, Helix was a…