In 1979, Basu Chatterjee made Baaton Baaton Mein and unobtrusively brought to us the dating and courtship rituals of a community that was till then either caricatured or just overlooked in Hindi cinema. Nancy Perreira and Tony Braganza…
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Matriarchal manipulation in a patriarchal world is depicted unsparingly in Usha Priyamwada’s Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein (Now playing on Prasar Bharti). The mother resentful of her lecturer daughter’s comfortable life in her college residence because the younger daughters…
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“Start with hope..always start with hope. We went from being a shitty team to become one of the biggest dynasties in the sport and all it needed was one match to light this fire,” says Michael Jordan at…
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In 1947, my grandparents brought three children and the remains of an uprooted life from Pakistan to India in a train. One of those children was my mother. I grew up hearing a lot of stories about the…
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Three documentaries streaming right now show the ultimate culmination of the Bois Locker Room culture. And what happens when one gender is taught to mistrust its instincts of self-preservation and the other does not even learn something as…
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In Sudip Sharma’s Paatal Lok (Now streaming on Amazon. Co written by Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra. Directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy), India’s disowned inhabit the headlines we turn away from. A young…
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Tired of working long hours, running behind schedules, endless traffic woes and never ending cups of coffee? Looking for a quick escape from under the boulders of boredom? From the daily rigmarole? The answer to these perennial questions is the concept of ‘home stays’ in beautiful hill stations. Bored of the same old hotels and […]
There’s always a place which beckons you again and again, with a certain charm which refuses to wear off even as the place ages with you. Some places never really leave an impression on you, while some stamp you for life. Guess, each one of us has a happy place that comforts us when we […]
I grew up wanting to be someone “special.” So I spent most of my formative years fantasising about how I could be the most well-liked girl, the girl with the most friends, the girl who was there at the right place at the right time, always. I dreamt of how everyone would chant my name when […]
I burp. I swear. I feel bad. I throw tantrums. I lose my cool. I get jealous. I make mistakes. I fumble. I cry. I am confused. I go blank sometimes. And I hate…well, I am honest. But I also feel joy. I laugh. I stand up for my friends. I look after people. I support. I adapt. I cook. I work. I volunteer. And guess what… I […]