Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans
The Khandaan podcast inspires a journey through my Bollywood memories, uncovering how they shaped our cultural identities and gender politics in relationships.
Pop Culture
Books, Film, Fashion, Food, Music, Performance & all things popular culture
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When You Have A Choice In Your Story: Choices ‘Slow Burn’
Slow Burn on the Choices app highlights the importance of sensitive representation in interactive stories, showing how diversity shapes narrative choice.
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Mad Men: Don Draper & Pregnancy Scares
Don Draper’s personal history with sex and pregnancy scares, may reveal deeper layers to his marriage to Betty. #MadMen
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Bullying Insights In Pop Culture: Harry Potter To Mean Girls
Pop culture helps me frame how people behave and who I become. I found some notable insights on bullying in Harry Potter & Mean Girls.
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Decolonizing Ted Lasso: Race & Gender On A Football Field
Ted Lasso – A critical analysis of the show’s portrayal of race and gender dynamics. Unpacks themes of predation, tokenism, and white supremacy.
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Mad Men: THE JET SET Was About Unwanted Children
Mad Men S2E11 episode THE JET SET offers a deeper look into the show’s underlying theme by exploring the choice between hedonism and domesticity.
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ANNAPOORANI: What The Film & Right-Wing Got Wrong On Caste
ANNAPOORANI promised a caste discourse but served up a Brahimin fantasy. Right-wing backlash to the film only furthers saffron politics via Brahmin propaganda.
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Mad Men: THE SUITCASE Is Full Of Peggy’s Baggage
Peggy Olsen contends with her choices of relationships, desire & work in the fan favorite MAD MEN episode ‘The Suitcase’ through three men Mark, Duck & Don.
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REVIEW: Lessons In Chemistry – Why The Book Is Always Better
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ is a book by Bonnie Garmus and AppleTV produced show feat. Brie Larson. It’s a perfect example of why a book is usually better than film.
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BOOK REVIEW: Yellowface – RF Kuang: Many Shades of Womanhood
R.F.Kuang’s ‘Yellowface’ takes me on a whirlwind ride of my own darkest instincts, in the hands of a deeply unlikeable narrator. What a rush!
