Posted inPop Culture
The Karma Killings: Indian True Crime’s Watershed Moment
The Karma Killings comes as India’s moment in the genre of true crime docudramas, a genre started by the legendary Truman Capote in the ’70s.
Posted inPop Culture
What to Expect at NH7 Weekender
Sorry to disappoint excited first-timers, but sex, drugs and rock’n’roll will hardly be on the agenda over the next two days.
Posted inFeatures
5 Reasons Why Hello Charlie Won Us Over
Hello Charlie is a hysteric comedy about Charlie who must drive a scamster businessman on the run across the Diu border. The film is replete with rib-tickling performances by Aadar Jain, Jackie Shroff, and the crew, and witty punchlines.
Posted inModern Family
Help! My Mother is a Candy Crush Addict
If you thought that all mothers are a picture of humility, grace, and unconditional love, you are wrong. Mine is a raging, swearing, warm-your-own-food kind of obsessive gamer. Currently, she’s leading her friends on stage 2,510 of Candy Crush Saga.
Posted inPOV
Work, Netflix, or Chill? How My Generation Has Lost its Battle With Eight-Hour Sleep
In our 20s, there’s no greater juggling act than trying to balance work, social life and a decent sleep cycle. If you’re managing to do alright in your career, while maintaining a semblance of a social life and despite this, are still magically getting a full eight hours of sleep every night, then teach me senpai.
Posted inCulture
Why I Look Forward to Baasi Eid As Much As Eid
Eid is great from a purely gluttonous point of view, but the day after Eid is the real deal. Baasi Eid is what food dreams are made of. It’s an afterparty for two – me and my hungry soul, where I gorge on the leftovers. The dress code is a pair of comfy pyjamas and the preferred and only music is the slurping of my fingers.
Posted inColumns
Rearview: Hardik Pandya, Rahul Gandhi, & Bipin Rawat are Just Shades on the Pantone Card of Misogyny
Is there really much of a difference between the comments made by Bipin Rawat, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Hardik Pandya? At this point they just seem like hues on the Pantone shade card of sexism and ingrained patriarchy.
Posted inBollywood
Bunty Aur Babli: They Don’t Make Masala Films Like That Anymore
Before the age of socially conscious filmmaking dawned on us, Shaad Ali's Bunty Aur Babli, that completes 13 years this week, reminded Bollywood that it’s possible to make an entire film on just one word: fun.
Posted inGender
Christine Blasey Ford, Tanushree Dutta, and the Future of #MeToo
Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment are eerily similar to Christine Blasey Ford’s, who testified at a US Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Does this mean that India’s #MeToo reckoning has begun? Because the movement’s progress in the US nearly one year on, is a sign that little has changed.
Posted inSports
India U-19: Stars in the Making or Flashes in the Pan?
Winning the U-19 Cricket World Cup is doubtless a milestone we all will cherish, but we must not let that become the criteria for judging players like Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti in the future.