Days of the (Sarguna)Raj
Wilbur Sargunaraj is a YouTube sensation and his new film, Simple Superstar just released in late…
Prayers Falling on Deaf Ears
Thomas Crowley tries to investigate the media representation of the Bhopal tragedy including the most recent…
The Greenness is Blinding Us All
Thomas Crowley compares Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ and Hero MotoCorp’s ‘Manufacturing Happiness’ to the extent of…
Haider and its Haters
The critical and mainstream reception of Haider was overwhelmingly positive barring some questions on the politico-theoretical…
In Cautious Praise of Filmic Fiascoes
When it comes to bad films, there has to be a distinction between a ‘failure’ and…
Pakistan, Bollywood Style
Three films about by Indians about Pakistan. (1) Nuanced, amusing… but ultimately self serving. (2) Earnest,…
The Sweet Smell of N,N-Diethylbenzamide
The ‘modern’ middleclass ideal of suburbia: reaping the fruits of industrialisation while insulating ourselves from its…
Kindred Spirits
A Review of Azad Essa’s No Country For the Poor By Thomas Crowley Spoiler alert! I am going…
can language save us all?
Scholars of philology, work heroically to understand long dead languages… in a way, they work to…
Looking Back, Head Spinning
Considering the rerelease of two classic, high-nostalgia films – one a cult favourite, the other an…