Ruchir Joshi questions the basis of being politically incorrect, examining contexts from Gaza, racism, sexist rants, slangs to the AIB roast…. There is political incorrectness and there is political incorrectness. And then, there is, you guessed it, political incorrectness again.
Soumabrata Chatterjee reminisces about R K Laxman and the role of a public intellectual in shaping the society. In the beginning it was the Word. Well, apparently so. If we could just imagine the word to be the miniature form
Capturing the very essence of political incorrectness, Hanif Kureishi discusses his thoughts on racism, creativity and sexuality, in a frank, no-holds-barred exchange with Devjani Bodepudi, as she caught up with him at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, earlier this year.
Thomas Crowley talks about Sanjay Rajoura and his style of comedy and interrogates the satire scene in India and abroad. Is it politically incorrect or is it maintaining the status quo? “Right now, what’s happening in India is that every
Saswat Pattanayak investigates what it means to be politically incorrect in contemporary times. Is it a ploy to maintain the staus quo and further the capitalist cause or is it to give a voice to the truly marginalised? If the
Deepa Bhasthi delves into the world of Sangam poetry – the surroundings in which they were written, the traditions they had to adhere to, and emotions they elicited. I cannot name my lover here. Tradition will not allow me
About a political resistance through culture….. By Shivani Nag. For long one has felt uncomfortable about the near-complete absence of crucial questions of our times in mainstream cinema – be it the continued practice of caste-based discrimination, condition of the working
All India Bakchod v/s the real Bakchods The All India Bakchod controversy has introduced us to a fresh battalion of bakchods, who can be defined as the congenital members of Indian cinema and who otherwise tend to croon away to
Wilbur Sargunaraj is a YouTube sensation and his new film, Simple Superstar just released in late 2012. Thomas Crowley reviews the film, and also adds to his earlier criticism of the man and his art … Has Wilbur Sargunaraj changed,
Imagine a villain taking all humanity captive, and slowly, in full view of the others, forcing individuals to jump to death, one after another heh-heh-heh, off a steep cliff. How many human beings do you estimate would need to be