'To punish an artist for being himself, his best self, is the lot of a dictatorship.'
Author: Meghalee Mitra
With Doctors and Patients Left Unattended, Who Is Indian Healthcare Caring For?
From patients and their families to exhausted healthcare workers, the 'system' is working for no one.
Calling ‘OK Computer’ Ahead of Its Time Is Not the Compliment You Think It Is
There is something ‘cool’ about only a few people understanding a piece of art. To me, this attitude discounts the entire purpose of these non-mainstream narratives.
Rich People Have Hard Lives, ‘The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ Tells the Poor
Imagine having to sit on a plush sofa set, sipping your margarita, with the AC perpetually on, trying to piece together a new event you can call a ‘struggle’.
Union, Religion and Assault: A Glance Into Life at Calcutta University
The installation of a religious pedestal has exposed long-running rifts at Calcutta University yet again.
The Circus Called Grief
The culture of fetishising death seeks to eternalise the period of grieving, ensuring that death does not simply occur to the ones who die.
Et Tu, Barkha? The Tragedy of Losing Feminist Icons to Corporate Mentality
Dutt equates the path to success with the erasure of feminine markers in female lives.
Behind NIFT’s Gag Order: Students Protest Classist, Authoritarian Diktats
With a 'gag order' preceding announcements over fee payments, students speak of an institution with no seeming empathy for middle or lower class students.
‘Betaal’ Is a Four-Part Tutorial on How Forced Wokeness Falls Flat
At some points, 'Betaal' is so bad that it’s good. In the very least, this isn’t the worst thing Shah Rukh has put his name on.
Black Market Water: What Post-Amphan Dystopia Looks Like
The rules are different, the new ‘normal’ is nothing like we had ever imagined.