I watched My Choice a week after its release (chiefly for the voiceover). A subsequent discussion with a like-minded friend confirmed my opinion—it was in all senses a very elitist ad-cum-empowerment-video and universalist in glossing over all the particularities of
I “Good evening, Mister Jeffrey Archer. I am Bipranshu Lasker from Kolkata—obviously. I want to ask you a question, because I have personally written an autobiography, but I haven’t allowed, or haven’t put any motion, to have it published,
Like the uncle who offered you candy when you were small only to later sexually abuse you, cities can be both irresistible and ruthless. The struggle to keep body and soul together brings men to the city in droves, but
I want to start by thinking about a couple of terms we use when we talk politically about the spaces we inhabit in our everyday: ‘Outsider-Insider’ (hyphenated) and ‘Commons’. Feminisms have long grappled with the notion of the ‘outsider’, and
First things first. Who was Ratan Bai? Indeed, little is known about Ratan Bai excepting that she is an actor from the 1930s, who played the female lead in films like Yahoodi ki Ladki (Dir. Aga Hashar, 1933) and Karwan-E-Hayat (Dir.
The launch of what is being touted as the ”Sanitary Napkin Movement” in the heart of an essentially sex-negative society presented unprecendented risks, to say the least. As attempts at AgitProp go, this movement too, was kickstarted with the use
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Director: Dibakar Banerjee Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Ankit Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Divya Menon 3.5/5 Perhaps the best review for Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! came during the interval of the first-day-first-show I attended. As
The Indian judicial system has often faced criticism for being slow to deliver justice. Delays in the courts remain a grave concern for litigants. The lack of suitable infrastructure and an inadequate number of judges areamongst the main reasons for
Many centuries ago, Helix was a walled city. The walls were pulled down as a symbolic gesture of peace. It is truly a very peaceful city, even today. People live in “harmony in Helix,” and the crime rate is almost
Skies have birds, birds have songs, and songs are beautiful. Birds… little trinkets of joy hanging from the sky. I saw them, but could not look. I heard them, but could not listen. All I could see was my