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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Sam Wilson is Not Steve Rogers’ Substitute. He’s the New Black Captain America

In the tradition of Captain America, Sam Wilson is pure and optimistic. Unlike Steve Rogers, however, his hopefulness is not borne of a rose-tinted view of a better time, when right was right and wrong was wrong. People are complex, he acknowledges, and flawed. But they are also equal.

Kahini Iyer June 11, 2016

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सास बहू और स्क्रीनप्ले: एक टीवी लेखिका की आपबीती

टीवी लेखकों को सिखाया जाता है कि अगर सास थोड़ा और कमीनी, बॉस ज़रा और हरामी, पड़ोसी कुछ ज़्यादा दखलन्दाज़ हों तो इन सबको मिलाकर एक लज़ीज़ पकवान बनता है । टी.आर.पी. ।

The Dire June 10, 2016

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The Family Man Review: We’ve Really Missed You Manoj Bajpayee

The Family Man is slick, fast, and in the hands of the peerless Manoj Bajpayee a delightful watch. His Srikant Tiwari is a hero, but can’t claim to be one – in some ways, a loser and tired evidently of being labelled so.

Manik Sharma June 10, 2016

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Arré Checklist: Four Reasons Yoga Isn’t a Legit Workout Anymore

There’s now a form of yoga for every occasion, and in some of them, the surya namaskars have fewer health benefits than snapping your fingers.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 10, 2016

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Arré Recommends: What Should You Binge Watch in the Coming Week?

The first few days of January can seem gloomy and it’s probably the best time to fall back on your streaming subscriptions. We, the good folks at Arré, have some recommendations that should help you cope with the post-holiday blues.

Pranay Dewani June 9, 2016

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Why Brooklyn Nine-Nine Would’ve Been Better Off Without Season 6

Despite what audiences demand, I believe it’s better to leave people wanting more than to die serving horrible seasons in the coming years. This is exactly why I fear that, with most conflicts resolved, Brooklyn Nine-Nine might return with a horrible Season 6.

Nihal Bambulkar June 9, 2016

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Cubicles is a Welcome Attempt at Humanising Techies

Engineers, or techies as we call them are everyone’s idea for a joke or a gateway to better, more humane things. Cubicles, bravely, tries to tell the stories of those who stay and in doing so, humanises them to an extent.

Manik Sharma June 9, 2016

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Guilty Review: The Netflix Movie Wants To Make a #MeToo Statement But Doesn’t Know How To

Netflix’s Guilty, which traces the investigation of a rape accusation made on Twitter, had the opportunity to stand out as a film that explores the changing nature of consent in a post #MeToo world. It squanders that chance and instead tells us a story told far too many times – that rape survivors are often disbelieved.

Poulomi Das June 9, 2016

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Hey Gen Y, Can You Please Cut Snapchat Some Slack?

Snapchat exemplifies everything that’s different between millennials and Gen Y. It’s created for a generation that has abandoned the term “brb” because its never offline.

Sharanya Gopinathan June 9, 2016

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Sarkar 3 and the Death of an Icon

It took Ram Gopal Varma 12 years and three films to erode the memory of Sarkar, one of the most formidable protagonists to emerge out of Bollywood in recent times.

Poulomi Das June 8, 2016