OPEN TO OPINION
Award winning animation filmmaker, artist, author, and social commentator.
VOICES
| 7-minute read
Support for rapists in the name of Hindu politics is a new low in Modi's India
Sexual assault has become a tool of the majoritarian colonising project that subjugates the minorities and marginalised by instilling fear in them.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why Bollywood is guilty of normalising crimes and glorifying criminals
The film industry is one large family that looks after its own, much like a traditional joint family with too many skeletons in the closet.
VOICES
| 8-minute read
Why it is impossible to separate BJP from Postcard News founder
Exactly to what extent a loyal soldier of the Sangh Parivar like Mahesh Vikram Hegde will be punished is anybody’s guess.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
By comparing burqas to trishuls, Ram Guha has fallen into the trap of model minority thinking
Right-wing bigots in India tag Muslims through visual symbols, verbal discourse, rumours and myths, terminology and metaphor.
POLITICS
| 8-minute read
Why Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan kept shut about farmers marching to Mumbai
An industry that is essentially pro-establishment is acutely aware of its vulnerability if it falls foul of the powers that be.
VARIETY
| 8-minute read
Why PM Modi’s March 8 event is a lesson on how not to celebrate women empowerment
It was the best example of mansplaining and patriarchy at work in the guise of feminism.
VARIETY
| 6-minute read
What ruins festivals like Holi and Diwali for most Indians
Behind the playful mask of the supposedly innocent revelry is the ugly face of collective imposition and non-consensual sexual overtures.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Why RSS has intensified its drive to create babies with 'Aryabhata's brain' and 'Shivaji Maharaj’s build'
The Sangh has set a target by 2020 to have thousands of 'ideal infants' on the production line.
VOICES
| 6-minute read
How tourism destroyed Goa
Those who cater to tourist trade in the state (and elsewhere) think in terms of three distinct groups. It's us, Indians and foreigners.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read