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Selling Tickets to Killing People: The Great Indian “Love Tragedies” #SundayReading

  Akshay Mankar What is the reason that love stories get “love” on the Indian box offices, while bullets in reality? In the context of Pranay’s brutal murder, this article explains how this is not about the love in the… Continue Reading →

I am this #SundayReading

SANDHYA RAVISHANKAR Strong show: Fans at a Chennai theatre cheer Rajinikanth in his role as a Dalit character in the film Kabali. Photo: K Pichumani   –  The Hindu In a film industry that greatly shaped and reflected Tamil Nadu’s political… Continue Reading →

 #SundayReading – Women’s Rights, Men’s Wrongs #Vaw

By: Amy Ferris |  “Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.” – Indian Proverb.My story. It happened very quickly. He pinned me up… Continue Reading →

India’s Public-Health Failures- The Story Of Arti And Kailash #SundayReading

Public Health Failures that PM’s Insurance Scheme Won’t Plug: The Story Of Arti And Kailash Disha Shetty, Kailash Burange holds daughter Sanskruti, as wife Arti and his mother stand next to him. The Buranges live in a remote Maharashtra mountain… Continue Reading →

Where women can laugh at bedroom and bra jokes #SundayReading

Sonam Joshi| TNN Laughing Matter: Domestic help-turned-stand up comedian Deepika Mhatre (centre) with fellow comedians Anu Meno… Read More Women-only comedy showscreate a safe space for female comedians and audiences to laugh out loud Until recently, Deepika Mhatre’s days were packed with a… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – It’s sexual assault, remember? #Vaw

POULOMI DAST+ T- Total recoil: Laura Dern (with Isabel Nelisse) plays the 48-year-old Jennifer Fox, who’s forced to re-examine the wreckage of her past kyle kaplan/ courtesy of sundance institute   –  KYLE KAPLAN/ COURTESY OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE The Tale searingly drives… Continue Reading →

Saving tigers, killing people #SundayReading

States are evicting and murdering Indigenous people in the guise of biodiversity conservation. by Souparna Lahiri Indigenous women from the Rabha tribe, pictured during prayer. Many Rabhas were evicted from the Buxa-Chilapata forests after the creation of a national park… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – So Many ‘Strong Women’ Movies, So Few Women Writing Them…

How does Indian cinema fare in terms of female representation? And how much does it have to do with the serious lack of female writers being included? How do Indian films portray women? Especially, the ones that have done really… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – Urmila Pawar’s Short Story ‘ Pain’ #mustread

Urmila Pawar is one of the most successful contemporary writers in Marathi. Her autobiography, “The Weave of My Life”, and a history of Dalit women’s movements, “We Also Made History”, are important contributions to contemporary Indian writing. I’LL have a… Continue Reading →

Why Saeed Mirza says 2019 will be a battle of minds #SundayReading

In his collection of essays, Memory in the Age of Amnesia, Mirza has described fascism as a state of mind. KAVEREE BAMZAI “The problem with fascism is it doesn’t come only dressed in black shirts or khaki shorts. It is… Continue Reading →

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