Love and estrangement

Love and estrangement

In Marriage Story (now streaming on Netflix), there is a moment so infinitesimal that you can miss it if you just blink. A child caught between his politely but stubbornly adversarial parents, is seen playing with two toys in a quiet corner. And then he speaks as one toy to another, “I was falling and […]

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The revolution of love is here..

The revolution of love is here..

Someone I know, recently shifted to an old age facility. Another resident, (in his nineties incidentally), asked her within days of her arrival , what languages she was conversant with. When she named Bengali in the list, he snapped, “I will report you to NRC people.” Hate you see gives a sense of purpose to […]

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Why Kabir Singh Is Not An Anomaly

Why Kabir Singh Is Not An Anomaly

Kabir Singh is not an anomaly. He is just the ultimate culmination of the privilege that male protagonists have enjoyed in Hindi cinema for a long time. Raj Kapoor slapped and manhandled Nargis in Awara (1956) because she playfully called him ‘Junglee.” But he had a messy, heartbreaking backstory so she had to rescue him […]

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Love In The Time Of Hate

Love In The Time Of Hate

The hate around us is like the Amazon on fire. Instigated to scorch everything tender and infinitesimal. Random cruelties are as commonplace as laughter emojis and when genocides (silent as well as triumphantly boisterous), are taking place under our watch, it is hard to take the troubles of Modern Love seriously. The anthology web series, […]

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Till We Meet Again…

Till We Meet Again…

“Dear Calvin we miss u…” I woke up to those words today. Father’s status message on Whatsapp. Five words. They shook my heart and triggered a tsunami. A tsunami of memories. We place Calvin on the cold table. He pants, still gathers some strength to look around. He knows that place and we know he […]

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When Love Hums Like A Million Flowers

When Love Hums Like A Million Flowers

She plants lavender bushes on arid earth and keeps the soil moist, welcoming and fertile for thirsty seedlings. She is like the trees sheltering. And like the gardener nurturing. She knows the words the silences. Her hands build heal becalm soothe revive and remain invisible because she likes fading into serene margins. To never claim […]

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In Defence of Anti-Romeo Squads

In Defence of Anti-Romeo Squads

Romeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, the son of Montague and his wife, secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet. Forced into exile by his slaying of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo commits suicide […]

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