Articles

With Oxygen Bars in Delhi, Are We Now Living in a Sci-Fi Dystopia?

Welcome to the era where dystopia and our world overlap. An oxygen bar for a choking city might have felt like a far-flung science-fiction trope when we were kids, but today, it’s the reality in which we live.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

Who Had the Most Fun at the Virushka Reception?

Shah Rukh Khan did a “Chaiya Chaiya”, Ranbir was seen using sign language, and Bhajji-Yuvi slayed at bhangra at the Virushka reception. Who was the coolest guest at the party?

Parthshri Arora March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

The Lost City of Truly Bad Actors

At the end of "Mohenjo Daro", my daughter learned that ancient civilisations are full of bronze people in bizarre headgear and I learned that picking the worst actor was not easy.

Rudy Singh March 22, 2016

Culture

Makar Sankranti: Gujarati Mardi Gras Minus the Swag

My father has two personalities. One reserved for the rest of the year and one for Makar Sankranti, when he goes from Bruce Wayne to full-on Batman, patang and phirki in tow.

Hardik Rajgor March 22, 2016

Love and Sex

Buddha Mil Gaya… Why Does the Thought of Old People With Sex Lives Make Us Cringe?

In our movies like in real life, we expect lovers to be young and restless. Indian psyche tutors us that men and women beyond 50 do not need a sexual dialogue or depiction. Aged people and their desires, as a Made in Heaven episode showed us, make us cringe.

Aarti Shetty March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

The 3D-Degree Torture

People are realising that if a movie is giving them a headache without it being directed by Sajid Khan, then something is amiss.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

Bareilly Ki Barfi And Every Daughter’s Dream Dad

The star of Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Bareilly Ki Barfi is the relationship between the father and the daughter. Bitti's father does not demand blind obedience; instead, he adores and sympathises with her. And accepts her the way she is.

Poulomi Das March 22, 2016

Sports

In Defence of Those Who Refuse to Pay Tribute to Maradona

A woman Spanish footballer refused to pay tribute to Diego Maradona as a protest against domestic violence – the legendary Argentine has been accused of abuse and assault. For that, she received death threats. But when we tell the story of Maradona, must we not tell the whole truth instead of the decorous, convenient one?

Sahej Marwah March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

The Very Hungry Bear and the Internet’s Other Oddities

This year’s viral moments taught us that even though the web is a truly democratic arena, nothing is ever as it seems.

Ajay Sharma March 22, 2016

Pop Culture

Can We Love Lewis Carroll in a Post-#MeToo World?

Lewis Carroll based his most famous character on Alice Pleasance Liddell, the 10-year-old daughter of his friend. Carroll’s views on little girls bordered on the predatory. So how do we read the beloved Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland in a post #MeToo world?

Kahini Iyer March 22, 2016