Republic of Akhanda: Where fiction gets real!
In early 2021 I wrote a blogpost called “The Age of Bhakti” . The summary or core theme of the post was this: When society and its institutions fail.…
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Missing the asli swaad of the original Cadbury Dairy Milk ad
Everyone’s been going gaga over the new Cadbury Dairy Milk ad — a faithful recreation of its own iconic asli swaad zindagi ka ad from 1993. …
Citizens of our own little bubbles
This post originally appeared in my weekly newsletter. You can sign up for my newsletter here: Mind u Read Weekly Digest . Too much content The…
The Age of Bhakti: A Prescription for Disaster!
There’s one question on a lot of people’s minds these days: "Is the colossal mismanagement of India’s Covid-19 crisis going to dent Narendra Mod…
Secret ingredient for great movies - Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and more!
What's that One Secret Ingredient that separates great movies from the ordinary ones? I've been mulling about this idea for a long ti…
Why BJP will never accept that CAA NRC protests are real
This blogpost is available as a video on YouTube as well as Facebook . It's my first attempt at video blogging. You prefer reading it the…
The Altered Reality of Saaho: Why I love the film!
It’s a little over two weeks since Saaho released. I already watched the film twice in the theatres and I plan to watch it at least one more time on…
The Imposter: Why I don’t like Narendra Modi!
Our world is split into two – those who LOVE Modi, and those who HATE him. You know who you are. There’s hardly anyone left in the neutral …
The Perplexing Paradox of Padmaavat
"Oh no…one more Padmaavat article. That too so many days after the movie’s release" - I can practically hear you say that aloud. …
Mahendra Baahubali and the Fate of Mahishmati!
I have a confession to make. This is not the Baahubali blog post I originally planned to write. The real one is still lying in my drafts fold…
Premam vs Premam: When my world turned upside down!
I watched the much talked about Malayalam movie Premam earlier this year, almost a year after its theatrical release. Though I didn’t understand…
Is this the internet we want to save? Think again.
Over the last few weeks Facebook has been bombarding me with notifications that my friends support the Free Basics platform. Then started t…