poverty Archives

YouTube, TikTok, Live Cricket: Will the Mobile Tariff Hike Deprive the Poor of Everyday Entertainment?

A rise in mobile tariff might not impact you and me. I’d be more mindful of downloads and use WiFi more often. But it’s going to hit the watchman, whose shift is made tolerable with YouTube, and the rickshawallah whose long rides are made less dreary because of live cricket commentary, hard.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan July 19, 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

Parasite is On Amazon Prime: This Oscar-Winning Film is Mandatory Viewing for Quarantine Friday

Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite is an acidic horror comedy that points a sharpened knife to the biggest parasite of them all – modern society. Much of the film is a reflection on the aftermath of the unequal distribution of wealth that creates competition even between shades of poverty.

Poulomi Das May 24, 2016

POV

Mumbai’s Asalpha Slum Makeover is Inoffensive. And Purposeless

Asalpha’s makeover attempts to turn the slum into Mumbai’s Positano. But this is art at its weakest, art that refuses to engage, art that forgets to raise questions. The colourful slum, if anything, is a gentle reminder of our disregard.

Sayli Godbole May 17, 2016

POV

How Do We Make Mumbai Actually Liveable? Pretend We’re in Manhattan

Mumbai, with its crumbling infrastructure and open gutters, has become a nightmare. The truth is that Indian cities can be so infuriating at times that we’ve created our own special way of dealing with them – we pretend the problems don’t exist.

Mudra May 2, 2016