Critical Analysis… Scene and heard | Part One: The “debate” in Swades: We the People by Spandana 26 Jan 20253 Dec 2025 A scene from 20 years ago changed the way I perceived my country and its people My column Frames and Flashes is my ode to cinema. Every movie I love…
Fan Culture… On Desiring Bollywood 24 Jan 202512 Aug 2026 Image credits: Pranjal Asha Notes from some of our contributors: I'm not sure I necessarily desire Bollywood. But as a south Asian, the concept of desire—material, romantic, sexual—is constantly conversing…
Critical Analysis… Sheher mein | Part One: Nammuru Bengaluru by Spandana 15 Dec 202416 Dec 2024 A song in a Kannada movie from 19 years ago sparked my love for the Bangalore I call home today My column Frames and Flashes is my ode to cinema.…
Personal Essay Frames and Flashes by Spandana 7 Dec 20247 Jan 2025 Image credits: Ipsa Samaddar “I see frames.” Whenever I imagine my death, I think these will be my last words. No, this column is not about last words or my…
Fanfiction Naina’s Decision by Vinita Eggers 31 Aug 2024 Telling someone you love them was harder than Naina thought it would be. Her eyes fell on a picture partially under a photo-album on the coffee table of Aman Mathur…
Critical Analysis… Kill Bill x Rekha by Mihikaa Misra 30 Sep 202328 Jun 2024 https://videopress.com/v/HjA5zs4x?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&controls=false&preloadContent=metadata Artist's note: When I first heard Kill Bill on the new SZA album, my first thought was to make an edit that featured a strong female character on a…
Critical Analysis… Reading Delhi: An Interview with Molina & Paridhi from Delhi Reads by Anushka Bidani 2 Sep 202326 Aug 2026 Delhi Reads Delhi Reads is a community-forward Book Club based in Delhi, India that seeks to build an offline reading community in the capital. We are a 1500+ member-strong collective…
Poetry love letter to “kabhi khushi kabhie gham” by Anushka Bidani 5 Jul 2021 image source thunder rumbles outside my window as rohan walks into rahul’s home in london& first sees him, after a long, long time. their parents watch their reunion from a…
Critical Analysis Tahaan and Hamid: Children Without Childhood in Kashmir by Poorvi Ahuja 17 Aug 201917 Oct 2024 Image source: Asia Pacific Screen Awards “Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox,my home a neat four by six inches.” -Agha Shahid Ali, A Postcard from Kashmir Image source: JustWatch How many…