In one fell sweep, Vir Das addresses almost every strain of political struggle we are undergoing.
TV
Cartoons Have Always Been for Adults. Here’s How They Got Tangled up With Kids
'BoJack Horseman', 'Rick and Morty' are all part of a long history of animations that have always broached more grown-up topics.
‘Wake N’ Bake’ Review: Why Indian Standup Needs More Men Like Rohan Joshi
Joshi's one-hour special shows that it's possible to have your audience in splits without being insensitive in the process.
Dibakar Banerjee’s Short in ‘Ghost Stories’ is a Warning for India
'Ghost Stories' is hardly about ghosts as we understand them in common parlance; it is about the demons within, and social evils which go unchecked.
The Curse of Binge Watching
Storytelling has changed, but the allure of escaping into a story remains the same, mental and physical health concerns be damned.
How Hulu’s ‘Ramy’ is Reclaiming the Narrative on Religion
The series has won accolades for its honest and matter-of-fact portrayal of a practising Muslim.
‘The Good Place’: Ethics Comedy Asks If There’s a Second Chance at Life
For all its fart jokes and sight gags, the show belongs to a venerable philosophical and theological tradition.