By Kashish Sharma On an ordinary Thursday morning, Atheequr Rahman, a 47-year old man sits in his meat shop. The meat shop is right across the busy Russell Market of Shivajinagar in Bengaluru. As one enters the busy lane, lined with meat shops on the right, one can catch sight of Rahman’s cubicle. A U-shaped […]
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From being told to “man up” and accused of “toxic masculinity”, modern men are a confused lot. Utkarsh Pandit, a civil engineer from Chennai was in class 8th when his teacher told him not to throw water at girls after they had done the same to him. “You are a boy and you should not […]
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With the use of internet language, the depth of human emotions have been compromised. Sending a laughing emoticon with a straight face or writing FOMO ( fear of missing out) when one hardly wants to be part of something has become the new way of expression. From words and acronyms to GIFs, internet language provides […]
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With magnificent sets and a dramatic tone, Bhansali brings out the grim reality of prostitution in India. Inspired by S. Hussain Zaidi’s book The Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt, is a polished take on prostitution in India. It is the story of the transformation of Ganga Harjivandas, the […]
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Japanese animation is versatile enough to cover the entire canvas of human emotion, writes Anirudh Chakravarthi There is a widespread misconception that animation worksfrom Japan (well known as anime)are cartoons aimed at kids and adolescents. This is because, when anime was first discovered by global audiences in the eighties and nineties,the most popular animated shows […]
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Fans of the Irish rock band The Cranberries are in shock at the loss of one of their own, writes Arlene Mathew The sudden and unexplained death of Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of the Irish band The Cranberries, has left her global fan base reeling from the news and caught in a torrent of emotions, […]
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Barnana H Sarkar reviews mood music for our times from Kolkata’s new rockers Most people listen to music, attend concerts, or even compose their own sound because music has that strange ability to take us outside ourselves, to help us momentarily forget everything else. Some musicians take it upon themselves to give their listener those […]
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Balan Nambiar’s six decades of artistic genius is on full display at the NGMA, writes Saiqua Sultan The exhibition themed “Sculpting in Time, Balan Nambiar and his six decades of engagement with Materiality” was inaugurated on February 4, 2018. Curated by his long-time friend Sadanand Menon, this retrospective exhibition encompasses Nambiar’s enormous repertoire. Nambiar’s drawings […]
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Actress Sridevi’s untimely death marks the end of an era, says Debanjali Kabiraj Hindi cinema’s first “female superstar” is no more. Legendary actress Sridevi passed away on 24th February 2018 in a drowning accident. She is known for her extraordinary performances in Chandni, Sadma, Mr. India and English Vinglish, and played pivotal and strong characters […]
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