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What are we all watching?

India, April 27 -- The other day, our family doctor put me on the spot. "Got any movie or show recommendations, preferably in Hindi?" he asked. This shouldn't be a challenge in the age of streaming, ... Read More


What are we all watching?: Deepanjana Pal on the missing Hindi comfort show

India, April 26 -- The other day, our family doctor put me on the spot. "Got any movie or show recommendations, preferably in Hindi?" he asked. This shouldn't be a challenge in the age of streaming, ... Read More


The wrong side of the spotlight

India, April 13 -- Having watched the first three episodes of The Studio, and discovered that it is possible to simultaneously cringe and giggle, I'd like to suggest "criggle" as an addition to the Ox... Read More


The wrong side of the spotlight: Deepanjana Pal writes on The Studio

India, April 11 -- Having watched the first three episodes of The Studio, and discovered that it is possible to simultaneously cringe and giggle, I'd like to suggest "criggle" as an addition to the Ox... Read More


Can India have its Adolescence?

India, March 30 -- In a far corner of the art gallery Project 88, there hangs a velvet curtain with the Urdu word Dum (Breath) etched on it in gold thread. A few steps away lies a white body bag, emb... Read More


Can India have its Adolescence? Deepanjana Pal writes on films that fill a void

India, March 28 -- In a far corner of the art gallery Project 88, there hangs a velvet curtain with the Urdu word Dum (Breath) etched on it in gold thread. A few steps away lies a white body bag, emb... Read More


Notes from the sidelines: Deepanjana Pal writes on Anora and Sthal

India, March 14 -- The year is 2025 and Anora, an independent film about a sex worker, made on a budget of $6 million, has won the Academy award for best picture. (It won a total of five Oscars, in fa... Read More


Men who pause: Deepanjana Pal on heroic masculinity on screen

India, Feb. 21 -- The last place you'd expect to find James Bond, the epitome of conventional heroic masculinity, is in a Luca Guadagnino movie. Not only does the director favour mood over plot and a... Read More