Madhya Pradesh Archives

EXCLUSIVE! Bad Santa Behind Satna Carollers’ Burning Car

In Madhya Pradesh’s Satna, a group of carollers was arrested for trying to convert people. W&B found out that the only thing it was trying to convert was an MP3 backing track to AAC.

Weedward and June 21, 2016

Features

How Spitfire, a Young Gully Rapper Made His Mark On India With Gully Boy’s “Asli Hip Hop”

The “Asli Hip Hop” hook from the Gully Boy that you’ve been tapping your foot to? It was created by Nitin Mishra, aka Spitfire, whose signature verses have set the Ranveer Singh-starrer aflame. Exactly how did a young rapper from small-town Madhya Pradesh make his mark on Bollywood?

Kanika Katyal May 28, 2016

Bollywood

PadMan Review: Stained by Clichés. Period.

In his latest socially conscious outing, PadMan, Akshay Kumar lends his support to women empowerment, and his wife, the self-proclaimed Mrs Funnybones, is by his side. R Balki may be credited as the director of PadMan, but it is in fact Khanna’s very expensive Juhu lens that dominates much of the film.

Poulomi Das May 13, 2016

People

The Wait for Death at Varanasi’s Mukti Bhavan

In Varanasi’s death hostels, the hope of achieving nirvana keeps alive people like Gulab Bai, who have been staring death in the face for decades.

Saurabh Sharma March 31, 2016