Reviews

An excerpt from Prahlad Kakar’s memoir, a tale of friendship, rebellion, and life in 1970s India during the Naxalite movement.

Yasmin Zaher’s electric debut novel, The Coin, dives into privilege, identity, and inherited trauma with biting wit and disarming honesty.

Neha Das reviews Call Me Bae, a rags-to-riches story that, while feeling a bit dated with its girl boss feminism, remains a fun and binge-wo

Srishti Jayant reviews "Lapatta Ladies," praising its portrayal of women navigating India's patriarchal landscape.

"We Are All Birds Of Uganda is a glimpse into the life of South Asians in Uganda during the British colonial era", writes Raiyah Butt.

Raiyah Butt reviews Marvel's latest offering, Ms Marvel and its exploration of the Pakistani identity in mainstream pop culture.

Drawing parallels between Mae Martin's Feel Good and the Amber Heard trial, Smriti Bhoker takes a closer look at victim shaming in society.

We present our LGBTQIA+ book recommendations, from the fun fiction fantasies of Adiba Jaigirdar to the life lessons of activist Urvashi Vaid

Mythily Nair reviews Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda, a 1992 Shyam Benegal film follows a man and the women he meets in his lifetime.

At its heart, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan is a film about space, writes Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel.

Arpita Mallick reviews the documentary, About Love.

Bridgerton is back, and here’s our spoiler-free review on season two.

Today might be international women's day, but if it were up to us, you'd be celebrated every day. (But sure, we'll take the bandwagon on...

Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel reviews Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Burnt Sugar.

Namah Bose discusses the show Kim's Convenience and why representation matters in the writer's room.

Mythily Nair discusses three films that have truly elucidated the essence of love as a revolution.

Raviakash Deu reviews The Disciple, highlighting the familiar struggle of “trying to make it” as a serious artist in classical music.

'Dear Moxie, 1992 called - they’d like their feminism back. Sincerely, We’ve Moved On', writes Swonshutaa Dash as she reviews Moxie.

Mythily Nair discusses why Bollywood is still far behind its contemporary industries in producing films with nuanced female characters.

Mythily Nair reviews the new Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen, which takes an unflinching lens into the Indian household.

Despite completely different contexts, cultures and time periods, Bridgerton mirrors the ideas of patriarchy present in South Asia.

Mythily Nair’s piece exploring the depiction of masculinity in Sudha Kongara’s movie Soorarai Pottru, and the subversion male hegemony.

Gitanjali Rao in conversation with Pahull Bains about her debut feature-length animated film Bombay Rose.

Presenting the antithesis of prevalent masculinity archetypes. A few worthy men who aren’t sticking to the script. TLP’s Top Bollywood Baes

An open conversation with the filmmakers asking them about their stories, their lives and the way in which this film came together.

Why #BoycottMulan, is different from your typical cancel culture moment.

The word “fair” is used just four minutes into the first episode of Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’.

'Bulbbul' is the story of a scorned woman with a painfull past that reflects upon some grave realities of a patriarchal society which...