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How the Meenakshi Seshadri-Starrer Damini Taught Me My First Lesson in Feminism

In Damini, which released 28 years ago, Meenakshi Seshadri plays a housewife who beats impossible odds in her quest for justice for a rape survivor, the family’s domestic help. In some ways, the movie is the origin story of a conviction that has defined my life and given it purpose — that women are not second-class citizens of the world.

Sonali Kokra July 10, 2016

Pop Culture

PewDiePie vs T-Series: No Matter Who Wins This Scrappy Internet Brawl, We Lose

When did YouTube become a battleground between PewDiePie, a Swedish man-child who makes memes for a living, and T-Series, an implacable corporation that relentlessly polices social media?

#VALUE! June 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Aadhaar Battle: The Backbenchers Win This Round

The government announced today that linking your Aadhaar card to your mobile phones or bank accounts would no longer be mandatory. Three cheers for the procrastinator, who deleted all Aadhaar-related messages on sight and ignored pretty severe warnings that their bank accounts would be frozen!

#VALUE! May 16, 2016

Bollywood

The Disciple Review: Chaitanya Tamhane’s Immersive Portrait of a Classical Musician’s Loneliness

The breathless adulation surrounding Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple, is completely justified. The film immerses the viewer in the intoxicating world of Hindustani classical music with a razor-focused clarity, examining the interplay of the relationships between teacher and disciple, art and artist, and artist and audience.

Poulomi Das May 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Sexy Durga and the Censorship Siege of Regional Cinema

The Smriti Irani-led Information and Broadcasting Ministry's decision to exclude Sexy Durga from the International Film Festival of India holds no ground now. The Kerala High Court has ordered for the film to be screened.

Poulomi Das April 28, 2016