Three Amazing Women From Delhi’s Urban Slums Are Breaking Gender Stereotypes, One Job At A Time

As one walks inside the narrow lanes of Khirki Gao in South Delhi, one encounters women of different age groups doing their household chores. Some of these women work in ne...

How To Recognise Dystopia: Watch An Animated Introduction To Dystopian Fiction

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a janitor for a B...

'Manchester By The Sea': How Kenneth Lonergan Made The Years Most Heart-Wrenching Movie

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a ...

Kaleidoscope - Two To Tango

A new play Mr & Mrs Murarilal has a middle-age man and woman - played by SatishKaushik and Meghna Malik - have a romantic rendezvous in a park.

They have a defi...

Kaleidoscope - Precious Friendships

Two books about enduring friendships, both beautiful and heartwarming are very different—one about two female friends and the other about four male friends.  The...

True Review Movie - Raman Raghav

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal.

Direction: Anurag Kashyap

Produced: Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane, Madhu Mantena.

Writt...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

The Lenny Interview: Melinda Gates

While I edited this interview, my husband was folding our laundry and my daughter was running around our apartment in one continuous, galloping loop. I mention this because...

True Review Movie - Ki and Ka

Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Swaroop Sampat, Rajit Kapoor

Direction: R. Balki

Produced: R. Balki, R K Damani, RakeshJhunjhunwala, Sunil Lulla. Read More