Posted inPOV
The SAD Truth about Punjab
The state’s multiple crises – a consumptive drug problem, farmer distress – can hardly be brushed under the carpet by hacking a film that purports to show its reality.
Posted inPeople
The Many Ballis of My Punjab
In the state looking for its next fix, Udta Punjab cuts too close to the bone.
Posted inPOV
Censor Di M** Di
A film about drug abuse in Punjab is objectionable. But it is okay to portray all Catholic Goans as drunks and all south Indians as lungi-wearing “Madrasis”.
Posted inHealth
Two Weeks in the Psych Ward
In the common ward of the psychiatric facility, I was certain my condition was worsening because of the atmosphere. In that motley crew of recovering addicts and schizos, I found friendship and the will to go on.
Posted inPop Culture
Diljit Dosanjh: The Unsuitable Boy of Bollywood
Diljit Dosanjh is an unlikely hero for Bollywood. I can’t remember the last time someone with such son-of-the-soil appeal made it as a leading man in a mainstream film.
