Critical Analysis… The Man of Reason: Masculinity in Ellery Queen’s “Ten Days Wonder” by Nobel Chan 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026 I hated the first half of Ellery Queen’s detective fiction novel Ten Days Wonder. This hatred was both bitterly disappointing and completely expected—as much as I adored Queen’s work, I…
Critical Analysis… Play Ball, Riot On: An Interview with Gregg SAPP by Anushka Bidani 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026 Gregg SAPP Gregg SAPP is the author of the “Holidazed” series of satires, each of which is set around a different holiday. To date, there are nine books in the…
Critical Analysis… The Price of Afterlife: An Interview with Drew Pisarra by Anushka Bidani 22 Aug 202612 Sep 2026 Drew Pisarra Drew Pisarra is the author of two sonnet collections (Periodic Boyfriends and Infinity Standing Up), two short story collections (Publick Spanking and You're Pretty Gay), and two radio plays (Price in Purgatory and The…
Critical Analysis “Masaan”- Life, Death and Beyond by Ananya Verma 6 Apr 20267 Apr 2026 “मुसाफ़िर हैं हम भी, मुसाफ़िर हो तुम भी किसी मोड़ पर फिर मुलाक़ात होगी।” As the sun shines on the stories of Devi and Deepak, there is chaos and conflict…
Critical Analysis… Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par (Pyaasa, 1957): Between the Craftsmanship of Sahir Ludhianvi & the Genius of Guru Dutt by Zainab S Qazi 30 Nov 20253 Dec 2025 It is one's miserable fate to watch something as reflective as Pyaasa (1957) for the first time in the centenary year of Guru Dutt, nearly seventy years after the film's…
Critical Analysis… Smiling with a burnt heart by Spandana 14 Sep 20253 Dec 2025 In Dino and Qayde Se from Anurag Basu’s Metro films are the soundtracks of my one-sided love story Metro… In Dino is on Netflix. As is its spiritual prequel, Life…
Critical Analysis… Hoping Against Hope In The Universe of “The Teacher Who Promised The Sea” by Zainab S Qazi 12 Sep 202512 Sep 2025 Forgetting is a burdensome task; the act is taxing, demanding more than you can possibly offer. More so, if it is linked with the sense of sight, where each detail…
Critical Analysis In Paris, to not be: An essay on how the cultural gaze shapes women’s cinematic journeys by Muskaan Chaudhary 21 Aug 202521 Aug 2025 There are few industries as familiar with stories of love as Bollywood. It would not be going too far to bet that for every bright covered chick lit novel, there…
Critical Analysis The Evil Dentist Trope by Agrima Thakur & Meghna Mukhopadhyay 8 Jun 20253 Dec 2025 The experience of excruciating dental pain has stood the test of time. Shakespeare once wrote, “For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently." Artists have…
Critical Analysis… Let’s talk about Sita and Gita by Spandana 23 Mar 20253 Dec 2025 Many years ago, two women on-screen showed me how to dream without hesitation and love without desperation No, not the 1972 Hema Malini film. This column is about Sita from…