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Ishita Sengupta
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‘Every journey has a different story’: Authors of Mumbai-local inspired audio book ‘Dil Local’Subscriber Only
December 06, 2020 18:25 IST
In an interview with indianexpress.com, Hindi writers Rakesh Kayasth and Divya Prakash Dubey answered questions on their experiences, the romanticism of Mumbai local trains and the way they translated an experience so visual into an audio series
Sun, Dec 06, 2020
The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives: Lot of guilt, not much pleasure
December 01, 2020 18:20 IST
The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives is too guarded to be flamboyant and too cagey to be outrightly callous.
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Arranged: The Assamese short film is a disarming take on second chances and hope
November 23, 2020 18:20 IST
The 22-minute film is a disarming illustration of a 45-year-old introvert learning the ropes to be familiar with his partner in the absence of privacy, evoking the grammar of a high-school romance
Mon, Dec 07, 2020
‘We are patronising when we are not aware’: TM Krishna on activism, caste privilege and saviour complexSubscriber Only
November 17, 2020 17:10 IST
In an interview with indianexpress.com, TM Krishna addressed questions regarding his activism, if his empathy runs the risk of being condescending and if awareness enriches art
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
Documentary on female infanticide and rape seeks allyship, not protection, from men
November 08, 2020 19:22 IST
Son Rise is a rare documentary on female subjugation which puts men at the centre stage.
Mon, Nov 09, 2020
Ghar Ka Pata: A heart-rending tale of homecoming and loss
November 06, 2020 16:40 IST
Ghar Ka Pata, in essence, documents Madhulika’s shifting status from a tourist to an immigrant. But apart from being a heart-rending personal account, it provides human faces to an exodus whose severity keeps coming in the way of recovery.
Tue, Nov 10, 2020
Dhummas: The Gujarati short film is a compelling tale of familial abuse
November 02, 2020 12:30 IST
Nainisha Dedhia’s Gujarati short film Dhummas (Haze) details a tale of systematic familial abuse through the lens of two women
Mon, Nov 02, 2020
‘Puja will be complete when Durgas on the road reach home’: Artisans in Kolkata
October 24, 2020 18:03 IST
If Durga Puja is about homecoming then the celebrations have to wait.. If the festival is about the hope for resurrected morality, then for now the festive spirit has run dry. For now humanity is endangered.
Sat, Oct 24, 2020
Tanishq episode shows secularism today has come to resemble power play
October 13, 2020 19:10 IST
As #BoycottTanishq trended all through Monday, attacks on the brand sustained on two grounds-- condemnation and rectification
Wed, Oct 14, 2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead: A definitive documentary on the death of life
October 06, 2020 17:30 IST
Most documentarians use nonfiction to depict life, Kirsten Johnson uses fiction to trick death in Dick Johnson Is Dead.
Tue, Oct 06, 2020
Cuties: An impassioned critique on the culture of content
September 28, 2020 18:20 IST
In Cuties, Maïmouna Doucouré goes all out objectifying young girls because for once an adolescent story inhabits their gaze. For once their confusion is not viewed as disobedience and rebellion as transgression.
Tue, Sep 29, 2020
India has a long history of protest poetry in Hindi, HindustaniSubscriber Only
September 14, 2020 17:00 IST
There runs a long history of protest poems in India. Renowned linguist Dr Ganesh Devy traces the tradition to the times of saint poets like Kabir and Mira--unspooling history from its etymology
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
Struggle for LGBTQ rights is deeply connected to other social justice movements: Parmesh Shahani on his new book, QueeristanSubscriber Only
September 11, 2020 17:28 IST
In an interview with indianexpress.com. Shahani spoke about his new book, Queeristan, the challenges to write it without alienating readers and the privilege that aids in coming out
Fri, Sep 11, 2020
I’m merely a humble writer and linguaphile: Shashi Tharoor on his ‘ineradicable’ love for wordsSubscriber Only
August 26, 2020 11:18 IST
In an interview with indianexpress.com, Shashi Tharoor spoke about Tharoorosaurus, pondered over ways love for words can be nurtured, and if there has been any instance where he had a literary faux pas.
Wed, Aug 26, 2020
Asim Abbasi’s Churails: The Pakistani series outlines the cost to become female vigilante
August 21, 2020 10:00 IST
Asim Abbasi’s Churails does not view patriarchy as a problem but as a reality, one that we have to live with. Women do not become churails but are made one, even if they do not call themselves that. The way forward, as Abbasi shows, is not retribution but resistance
Sat, Aug 22, 2020
Yaaram, a love ballad for the ages
August 18, 2020 17:30 IST
It was a friend who persisted with me to listen to Yaaram (Ek Thi Daayan, 2013), a love ballad so painful that it stings even when sung with a smile
Tue, Aug 18, 2020
We get on like old school friends: Dirk Maggs on Neil Gaiman and adapting Sandman as an audiobookSubscriber Only
August 14, 2020 14:44 IST
In an interview with indianexpress.com, Dirk Maggs talks about the importance of the audio medium for a storyteller, Douglas Adams and the author whose work he dreams of adapting: Shakespeare
Fri, Aug 14, 2020
Ravinder Singh: The bestselling author who enjoys being a misfitSubscriber Only
August 02, 2020 11:54 IST
Ravinder Singh is dispelling the idea of an author by owning who he is with rare candour and sincerity.
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
Dil Bechara: Not the goodbye the actor deserves but the one we needed
July 25, 2020 18:00 IST
So much of the collective bafflement that succeeded Sushant Singh Rajput’s death stems from not knowing what happened, in being caught off guard, and in missing out on the ending of a story whose beginning played out for all to see. Dil Bechara comes closest in providing a closure.
Wed, Jul 29, 2020
Indian Matchmaking: An 8-episode of misguided gender politics, ultimately a betrayal for Indian audiences
July 22, 2020 08:30 IST
By cherry picking its clients and assorting stories it wants to tell, by ticking boxes of caste, religion and class as imperative for an arranged alliance, Indian Matchmaking panders to the West gaze with complying obedience.
Wed, Jul 22, 2020
The problem with the uncomplicated legacy of The Help
July 18, 2020 12:00 IST
The Help actor Viola Davis recently said she regretted working on the 2011 film. This, however, is not the first time she said this. But in all probability the film's legacy will not be as tarnished as Gone With The Wind.
Sun, Jul 19, 2020
Artistes are beyond the option buttons of essential, non-essential: Madhu Raghavendra on his viral poemSubscriber Only
July 13, 2020 10:10 IST
The poem soon was widely shared by artistes in India — by lyricist Varun Grover, actor Richa Chadha — as well as abroad with composer Stanley Grill setting it to music
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
Coming of rage: With Bulbbul, is ‘the madwoman in the attic’ finally free?
July 06, 2020 10:50 IST
Female rage, enclosed within a mystical premise or not, has suffered from years of misrepresentation in both literature and films. Bulbbul changes that
Tue, Jul 07, 2020
Gulabo Sitabo tells you worth of old age is more than we can gauge
June 17, 2020 19:28 IST
Based on the legend of Gulabo-Sitabo — two warring sisters-in-law — the film has almost literal stand-ins: a landlord and a tenant. Mirza (Amitabh Bachchan), and Baankey (Ayushmann Khurrana) are perpetually at loggerheads over the mansion.
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
Nasir’s ordinariness makes it special
June 06, 2020 19:27 IST
Based on the short story, The Story Of A Clerk By Dilip Kumar, Nasir is the tale of an everyman, a symbolic clerk burdened by the anonymity of his position.
Sun, Jun 07, 2020Journalism of Courage
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