India Archives

Is it Time to Clean Up Your Facebook Friend List As Elections Near?

When your uncle who only posts old songs on Facebook, or friend who spams Instagram with memes is suddenly discussing national policy, you know you’re now scrolling through your election newsfeed. And like Thanos in the upcoming Avengers movie, there’s no running or hiding from it.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Keeping Up With (and Losing Count of) the Kardashians

Kylie Jenner didn’t just have a baby, she launched a new vertical in the sprawling Kardashian media empire. At this rate, there’s going to be too many Kardashians to keep up with by the end of 2018.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016

Bollywood

Simmba Review: A Rohit Shetty Film That Will Make Every Woman Say, “Aata Majhi Satakli”

With Simmba, Rohit Shetty reduces rape to a buzzword in an exaggerated comedy to prove that his cinematic universe isn’t all nonsensical. Ranveer Singh almost elevates this testosterone-fuelled drivel into surprisingly entertaining fare, but only until a woman is violated for him to realise his true calling.

Poulomi Das March 11, 2016

POV

Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon: What I Miss Most About School Independence Day Functions

We might have complained endlessly about school Independence Day celebrations back then. But it was the only phase in our lives where we truly understood what it meant to be a patriot, without the layers of nationalism and political stances that colour that notion as adults.

Nihal Bambulkar March 11, 2016

Pop Culture

Why TED Talks India Nayi Soch is TV’s Most Intellectual Offering

TED Talks could be India’s first step toward creating television that isn’t peddling brain-dead and rehearsed ideas. It has the ability to change the general discourse at the tapri from the #Virushka secret wedding to water conservation.

#VALUE! March 11, 2016

Bollywood

Five Years of Haider: In the Current Political Climate, Will Any Film Honestly Examine the Kashmir Situation?

Five years ago, when Haider released in theatres, the ruling government was still in its early days and the mood of the nation was nowhere close to what it is today. It is practically impossible to see the film make it past the censors in the current political climate.

Parth Pandya March 10, 2016

Pop Culture

The Sports Biopic That Will Never Be

Why should we expect any truthing from Dhoni, The Untold Story? When have our sports biopics ever revealed any untold stories?

Pawan March 10, 2016

Bollywood

Badhaai Ho Review: Why Should the Sex Lives of Indian Parents Be a Secret?

Badhaai Ho is a delightful comedy that exposes society’s hypocrisy toward sex. It underlines our unwillingness to view our parents as sexual beings, effectively asking, “Can Indians acknowledge love and intimacy only when it is young?”

Poulomi Das March 10, 2016

Sports

India, on Your England Tour, Please Remember the Humble Front Foot Defence

It might be the most boring shot to watch in cricket, but maybe there is still place for the front foot defence alongside some of the more eye-catching shots in the game, a fact Team India would do well to remember for the rest of their tour of England.

Hardik Rajgor March 9, 2016

DisArré

SHOCKING! Donald Trump Jr Asks Delhi Man if He Knows Who His Father Is

The world’s foremost investigative journalists, Weedward & Bongstein, were at the scene when US President’s son got into an argument with a Delhi man over Honey Singh and Ivanka Trump.

Weedward and March 9, 2016