Trigger warning: This article contains details of sexual abuse. It was the Awadh Assam Express. Don’t ask me why I remember the name of the train though. And why …
The Many Lives of Used Books
An ode to my parents' collection of used books, and the tales they tell and the ones they don’t.
‘Pataal Lok’: Navigating Masculinities in Indian Society
In the series, we get a glimpse of why men act the way they do.
Epistemic Ambivalence and the Need for Love
'The Big Bang Theory', Schrödinger's cat, and dealing with loss.
Modern Horror Series Are Providing Powerful Roles for Hollywood’s Older Women
Series including 'Ratched' and 'American Horror Story' are sustaining the careers of some of Hollywood's most talented female stars.
Borat’s Wet Firecracker of an October Surprise
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won’t be the Jeff Bezos-backed David that slays Goliath. But the film manages to skewer some targets beyond the White House, such as the creepy misogyny …
‘Curfewed Night’: The Honesty of Basharat Peer’s Memoir
In his decade-old book on Kashmir, Peer managed to effectively give us an account that meshes both the personal and the political.
Need For Reservations in the Higher Judiciary of India
Between 1950-1989, 92.2% of the Supreme Court comprised male brahmins and other forward castes. Not much has changed since then.
Poland Is in Revolt Against Its New Abortion Ban
The recent ruling has sparked strikes and blockades across Poland – and the working-class women least able to afford a clandestine abortion are leading the revolt.
Radha Blank Defies Time, Embraces Vulnerability In ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’
Blank's debut film, which is currently airing on Netflix, won the 'directing' category at the Sundance Film Festival 2020.