Pop-culture omnivore. Survived publishing, academia, film school. Writes on culture, trends, food, entertainment among others.
A for AK vs AK
AK vs AK is a dazzling piece of entertainment from Bombay cinema. Whether you hate Kashyap or Kapoor, this is a film to enjoy and rest your bones with at the end of a testing year. Savour it and definitely prioritize over any other film/TV show or remake you have in mind.
Run, it's mediocrity
Somedays I sincerely believe that my purpose in life is to watch cringe/garbage to prevent others from doing so. If that isn’t the case, then explain how/why everything that Netflix India decided to release in the last 2 months is a giant pile of stinking bullshit?
I am here to stop you from fucking your happiness and tell you why Bhaag Beanie Bhaag is a stinking pile of garbage, despite all the glowing reviews.
Thalassemia and thirst: How I learned to love dating with a disability
How do you navigate hookups when you’ve spent your entire life hiding who you are?
India’s YouTube stars: The most popular entertainers on the video sharing platform
Amit Bhadana and Bhuvan Bam, with their comedy sketches, are India’s most popular YouTube entertainers, with more than 12 million followers each. A look at how they racked up the numbers.
Blunt's Book is Beautiful, it's true
I don’t think I could have chosen a better book to kickstart my book review segment; it had to be James Blunt’s debut. Yep, the same person who believed that You’re Beautiful more number times than your parent/guardian/significant other ever conceived that thought. It's true.
I Was Born a Hindu and I Went to Jamia. What Will You Label Me?
“Jamia is a hot-bed for radicalising kids.” When I went to study at Jamia Millia Islamia, my family contended with several deep-seated biases. But that is not the Jamia I know. The Jamia I know is full of grace and tact; a place where students will come out and clean the road at the end of a protest, even after teargas shells have been lobbed.
The world in the gutter, and Emily in Paris
Emily in Paris (2020; creator Darren Star) is what you would get if Sex and the City birthed a child with Devil Wears Prada after a quickie.
Fake Lives of the Boring Wives
Featuring four Bollywood star wives, the show claims to take you within the life, relationships and the friendships each of them forge with their families and then with one another in Mumbai, the hub of Bombay Cinema. The show stars Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari Soni, Seema Khan, and Bhavana Pandey in lead, and is supported by appearances from their squad including Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Karan Johar, Gauri Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor among others.
Yearning—In Sickness and In Health
If someone had ever told me that it would take a distance of over 4,000 miles to overcome my body dysmorphia and experience multiple orgasms, I wouldn’t have believed them.
I simped for a Poly Satin shirt on Instagram
This is a real-life account of a shopper unhinged, after browsing through all the thrift shopping pages, collections, and drops on Instagram. Reader discretion is advised.
Urban Dictionary defines the term simping as a word that everyone overuses without the correct definition. In another, helpful explanation of the term, simping comes close to defining unwavering devotion towards someone.
Protest Pizza: Exclusive Recipe
What makes a good pizza?
If you’ve responded with anything other than trolls, then your answer is incorrect. The same trolls, who choose to reside in the dark corners of paid per tweet Indian internet; lurk around Twitter threads and make themselves real in DMs and in comment sections.
Spill the tea
This tea vs coffee debate is just as banal as the dog vs cat or pizza vs burger debate. It makes no difference to anyone on what you prefer and what you make better, so as long as you are not running high on the caffeine supplied by either and ruining lives.
Ma and Masaba: A Heartfelt Original
There are a fair few things that make you want to write about something, especially a TV show. Being in possession of the same vibrator as the lead character in the show shouldn’t be one, but here we are.
Well, Schitt, this is good
How do you possibly write about a show where everything worth talking about has already been written? What do you possibly write about a show that scored 15 Emmy nominations for its final run on the TV and has gone down to create some record of sorts for most single-season wins?
Pudding up with Home Bakers
Unpopular opinion: ordering cakes is an art. I'm an aspiring Amrita Sher-Gil who works with home bakers in putting together the final product worthy of being displayed at the NGMA.