‘Haraamkhor’: The Wretched And Windmills That Saw It All Haraamkhor is a one-of-a-kind movie where even one mistake could have changed the movie for the worse. It explores the taboo around sexual relationships between a teacher and an underage student who did not look good to the Censor Board and could get a green signal …
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Mere Paas Maa Hai: A Single Mother’s Narrative From Hindi Cine-Maa The feeble mother donning a white saree, roped and helpless but sanguine about her virtuous son’s impending arrival to the ruffian’s lair was the first impression of a single mother that gave the classic name to this character as Cine-Maa. A single mother in old …
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Finer Things Club: Portrait of a Metrosexual Being Metrosexual is a portmanteau of a metropolitan male of any sexual orientation who spends time and money on their external appearance, cultivates an aesthetic lifestyle, and won’t hesitate to burn a hole to get that Prada suit. This term was first used by British journalist Mark Simpson and caused …
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Quaran-tame: Behind the Doors of a Lockdown The conversation around the possible rise in cases of domestic violence stirred when the concept of a world-wide lockdown was still embryonic, and that possibility came true with the number of cases hitting its all-time high. Strict rules of quarantine were imposed to isolate and protect people from …
Golden Girls: Tipping The Sex Ratio Scale Sex ratio is exactly what it reads as, the ratio of males to females in a population which ideally should be 1:1 but is never so depending on several factors. We as humans are not only affected by biology but also by society and culture and thus get …