Early Indian television’s actual foray into mythology
A centuries’ old collection of mythical and magical tales popular from Middle Eastern to Southern Asia and beyond, a Seljuq
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Reviews
Book Review: Alpa Shah’s The Incarcerations- an investigation and an intervention
One of the many things that you realise reading Alpa Shah’s The Incarcerations is how little you knew before about
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‘Arey Yayavar Rahega Yaad?’- Agyeya’s multi-faceted travelogue
Arey Yayavar rahega yaad by Agyeya is worthy of canonisation in Hindi travel literature. It is a treasure of accounts
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Rangey Raghav’s ‘Tufanon ke beech’- an authentic yet sensitive reportage on Bengal famine
The Bengal famine of 1942-44 was one of the worst human-made disasters of the modern history because of which 2.1
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Podcast Review- ‘A Very British Cult’: exploring the anatomy of a cult
Cults in themselves are not a very complex phenomenon to understand. A charismatic person leads a group of people with
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Hansal Mehta’s ‘Scoop’- a conspiracy narrative that doubles as a socio-political commentary
Hansal Mehta’s Netflix series Scoop is a rare and invaluable insight into Indian media which doesn’t pull any punches when
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Book Review: ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’ by Andrew Otis- The story of India’s first newspaper and its times
The legacy of British colonial rule in India includes a lot of things such as railways, roads, communication infrastructure etc.
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