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‘Maajhi Preet’: A Stirring Story of Lifelong Romance and Rural Despair
'Maajhi Preet', an episode in the Netflix docuseries 'My Love', does something remarkable: it invites us to experience rural beauty on its own terms.
Queer Romance: How Asian Boys’ Love Dramas Have Taken India by Storm
Fandom for BL shows in India has been blowing up since 2020. Here's why.
Representation Matters: Bringing Authenticity to YA Fantasy, Fiction
Authors are not obligated to create diversified characters. However, if a story involves racially and culturally diverse characters, authenticity should matter.
The ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel, ‘Songbirds’, Is a Satire on the Ruling Class
Novelist Suzanne Collins writes about the fictional world of Panem from the perspective of its ruling class, which makes her satire on our own society all the more cutting.
Dear ‘Alma Matters’, Where Are the Women?
The Netflix show just ends up propagating the very stereotype it wants to dismantle: that there are no women in STEM.
‘WandaVision’ Echoes Myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami To Explain How Grief and Love Persevere
'WandaVision' reimagines stories from Egyptian and Greek mythology, as well as Buddhist tradition.