Sartaj Singh Archives

Sacred Games Season 2 and the Problem With Its Replaceable Women

Although, none of the female characters in the second season of Sacred Games are killed off cheaply like Radhika Apte’s Anjali Mathur was last season, the new season can be accused of something worse: falling into the trap of mistaking the mere inclusion of female characters as doing justice to them.

Poulomi Das July 22, 2016

Gender

Anushka Sharma’s Trolls Prove That India Can’t Handle Real “Power Couples”

Anushka Sharma is facing yet another social media backlash – this time for being photographed with the Indian cricket team. Anushka can’t seem to catch a break. When Virat Kohli is not in his finest form, we believe blaming Anushka for existing is par for the course.

Kahini Iyer July 20, 2016

Pop Culture

Sacred Games: Sartaj Singh, The Man We Can’t Wait to See on Screen

Sacred Games with its supremely Sikh hero, is the stuff great stories are made of: Men struggling with their burdens, their goodness and their ghosts, and failing spectacularly at it. Will the Netflix series do justice to both the book and its brooding anti-hero?

Sharan Saikumar April 11, 2016