The Ayushmann Khurrana starrer doesn’t spare anyone, including – and especially – the Indian public and media’s confused, helpless, and toxic relationship with stardom.
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Reader Favourites in 2020: 15 of the Stories You Loved Most
A list of the most popular stories on the site and our Instagram page in 2020.
Each Wicked Night
A poem in solidarity with women who have recently been made the targets of the vilest forms of harassment, media trials and witch hunts.
A ‘Not-So-Normal’ New Normal
The impunity of majoritarianism is finding more and more aggressive manifestations each day.
The Demonisation of Cannabis Users Needs to Stop
The greatest casualty in the current media circus is the good work done by individuals and groups on cannabis legalisation.
‘Spirals of Silence’: The Unsavoury Monster That Is the Indian Media Today
As a journalist, it pains me to see how the media in India has furthered the idea of leaning towards providing more entertainment and less news.
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.
The Rhea Chakraborty Case: Reimagining Grief and Internalised Misogyny
On how a sexist system is maintained, and why women need to create a support system for each other and abandon the misogynistic language that we have inherited from …