‘Joram’: A Tale of Many SuspensionsLast month, Adivasi poet and journalist Jacinta Kerketta turned down an award recognising her literary achievements, to protest the “lack…Dec 22, 2023Dec 22, 2023
The Many Kamaals of Ms. MarvelThere is much that the Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel has to offer to its South Asian viewers. There is the novelty of seeing a…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
Shoebox: Of Memory and TransformationShoebox is a quiet and slow-paced film, which dwells on themes of memory, heritage, and culture. It is woven around a pravasi Bengali joint…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
‘Cycle’: Shifting Gaze on ViolenceThere is much to absorb in Devashish Makhija’s latest short film Cycle, a loose adaptation of his own short story ‘Butterflies on Strings’…Dec 17, 2021Dec 17, 2021
‘Love sets us free, time kills us’The following is my translation of Geet Chaturvedi’s essay ‘Prem Humein Swatantra Karta Hai, Samay Humaari Hatya’, from the book Adhuri…Nov 27, 2021Nov 27, 2021
Family and Community in Jeopardy: ‘The Family Man’ S02 & ‘Mare of Easttown’Could two web-series from two different cultures and two different genres and completely different storylines be companion pieces to each…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
The Climax of ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’, or What Happens When Men Must Ditch the ScriptWhat challenge does a brief comic interlude sequence throw at the heart of a centuries-old narrative that never exhausts adaptation?Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
On Watching ‘Pavsacha Nibandh’ in Heavy MonsoonIt has been raining heavily all season here in Kolkata — a first Bengal monsoon for me. I have always been very fond of the rains…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
AmphanFor as far as I can cast my mind back to, I have always been thrilled by storms. It may have to do with the fact that I was born on a very…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
