Aakrosh and Article 15: Four decades apart yet similar flaws in addressing Caste-based Violence
Preview: Two Hindi films, Aakrosh (1980) and Article 15 (2019), almost four decades apart addressed violence perpetrated by savarna caste
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Reviews
The Violence and Horror Strewn Modern Mythological Novels
The relationship of religion and literature has undergone a transformation lately, because of which novels based on mythological stories have
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Cinematic adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ by Sally Potter: A Review
Preview: Virginia Woolf’s Orlando was one of her most special novels because of its eccentric plot, story and narrative. It
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Book Review: “Justice, Gender and the Famliy” by Susan Moller Okin
Writing on gender injustice is a complex issue. Mainstream theories have largely failed to deal with significantly, (rather many have
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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro- An alternate imagination of Mumbai and the “big city”
Preview: The trope of the ‘big city’ has always been a cornerstone of Hindi cinema right from its early days.
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Suspension of belief on different levels: Lubna Salim’s solo performance in ‘Gudamba’
In a conversation earlier this month eminent theatre director Salim Arif elaborated on a very fundamental element of theatre. He
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya: A Feminist Interrupted
In this piece we look at the life and times of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, one of the towering figures of Indian
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