Ever wondered who instilled the idea of Prince Charming into the mind of every young girl? Or how we ended up assuming that, come what may, we shall ‘live happily ever after’? The culprit is a seemingly harmless---yet integral---part of our lives. Fairy tales. What begins as an innocent first-time
Some books are lovable for the comfort of familiarity that they evoke rather than a scintillating literary genius. You don’t marvel at the intricacies of the plot or admire the originality of voice or the unique unearthing of layers of the human psyche. You don’t hail it as
Kainaz Amaria likes to describe herself as a visual journalist. Dream Mumbai, her latest project, is something that was born out of a survival instinct. A visual diary replete with thin slices of the city's rich narrative, it is an honest and absorbing look at everyday life in
I hate you, Parismita Singh.Being a bored final-year student at BITS, Pilani, is not much fun, Parismita. We do not have many pleasures to help us get by in the desert. The legal age for drinking is 25 in this godforsaken state and every time we light a cigarette,
Mumbai, 2010 · Photograph by Kainaz Amaria
I remember stumbling across Brian Transeau's Movement In Still Life when I was just getting over my irrational condescension towards electronic music; something that a lot of rock music fans of a certain age are prone to. The album opened me up to diverse styles of music with
You have to admit, there is something oddly satisfying about reading a murder mystery or a thriller. You might find the plot just a little ludicrous and the characters kind of flat and insipid and the writing somewhat choppy, but you know that you won’t be at peace till
Excitement was running high when part one came out. The cutscenes promised the world, and I remember suffering a mini-orgasm when we discussed how cool it looked. The menacing walk, the retractable blade with the finger cut off, the hood, and the magnificient parkour. Maybe, just maybe, we’d get
We never seem to get tired of superhero stuff. Let me remind you: Superman, the comic that started it all, was created as far back as 1932. Overwhelmed by its popularity, DC Comics and its rival Marvel started churning out superheroes by the dozen. Sorry, million. You know the names
A few months ago, I learnt something fantastic about my country, and emerged shamefaced at my lack of knowledge. The cleanest village in the world's largest continent is situated in a most unlikely location---nestled up in a corner of Meghalaya and shrouded within clouds, Mawlynnong is unknown to
"Let's just get this out of the way. This is awkward, right?" asked Tegan Quin, as she stood on the raised stage at the Hard Rock Cafe in Mumbai. "This is ridiculous. I feel like I'm standing high up in the sky looking