The Politics Of Cinema: Ideas, Influence & Agenda
Can we separate filmstars from their politics? The medium has a pervasive impact on society and actors enjoy unprecedented privilege. Do they not owe us ethical guidance of that thought?
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
Pop A Pill, Define A Generation
I was diagnosed with a thyroid deficiency and prescribed a pill I’ll need to take every day for the rest of my life.
Why Are So Many Mumbaikers Desperate To Kill Time?
There is always a sizeable number of people who have no interest in what’s going on. Are they really so many people who don’t know what to do with their time?
Reluctant Learner: The Adulthood Of Enduring Younger People
Is it a function of our flawed social systems that older generations never allow the younger ones to grow up? Age is full of lessons. But maybe I’m a reluctant student.
Healing Into Thirty-Seven
This is sort of a birthday taking stock that’s late. But it has been the kind of year that merits that.
‘Fitness Fanatics’, Kindly Get Lost
If health was a linear equation, our demigods wouldn’t be doctors prescribing but engineers computating. Fitness freaks need a reality check.
A Retro Generation: Burnt Out Firecrackers & Faded Flowers
“It was rebellion. Just like every other generation.”
The Room Speaks
The inside of me feels like an empty room. Does the world know the body is just a cloth coat hung on air?
Light Walker
A poem about a light walker
Paper Towns
…is the name of a book by the guy who wrote ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. I happened to mention what an amazing title that was and what a shitty book it turned out to be. My AlphabetSambar peeps suggested we reclaim it by writing something else around it. And…