A story about male violence and a damsel in distress, it is based on a true crime.
Shoojit Sircar Cracks the Biopic Code With ‘Sardar Udham’
The movie understands that only a ‘360-degree-filmmaking’ – marked by contexts, contradictions and complexities – can help grasp the true essence of Indian martyrs.
Why the Work of Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Champion of Heartbreaks, Stands Out For Me
His novels delve deeply into family separation, endless betrayals of core familial relations, and the inexorable pull of the lost past.
In Which I Hate My Bones
'Bones, why we loved you the most, and — the only memory of you that remains beyond the smell.'
We Need More Radical Climate Fiction
Literature has seen an uptick in 'cli-fi,' fiction about possible climate dystopias and utopias. But too much of that climate-change-related fiction lacks any kind of radical political imagination.
‘Luca’, Disney And Queerbaiting in Animation
Disney is willing to create animated films and television shows that suggest queer content, but only so long as it doesn’t damage its conservative image.
Shame
A poem on how society makes a woman feel guilty over her own sexuality.
Explainer: The Debate Around Subtitles in Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
Despite the good quality of the English translation, a meaning gap inevitably exists between the original Korean and the English subtitles due to the untranslatable.
The Philosophers’ Stone: Cracking a 400-Year-old Alchemical Cipher
The secret recipe came from Arthur Dee, 17th-century alchemist and royal physician to the Tsar.