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An All-Out Thappad

When All Out came up with its “Tough Moms” campaign in early 2018, it became an instant hit for its message – when mothers are tough on their kids, support them, for they do it for the kids’ good. Shared… Continue Reading →

Swooning Belles

I was listening to the song “Mundhinam Parthein” from the Tamil movie “Vaaranam Aayiram”, yet another Gautham Menon movie that was hailed for its ‘True love at first sight’ bullshit. (In hindsight that seems to be the core theme for… Continue Reading →

Misogyny in Movies – Q&A

I have been receiving some questions and views on my last post which was an extension of the forever-ongoing “Kabir Singh”/”Arjun Reddy” controversy which I was staying away from till now. I thought of replying to my friends in their… Continue Reading →

Casual Evils

I was reading about the social media outrage on Kartik Aryan’s rant normalizing marital rape in ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’. I then read the justifications masked as apology from ‘sources’ close to the makers as well as from the lead… Continue Reading →

The ‘Menon’ Controversy

I had written a blog in July about how people use religion and caste as their favourite tool for division and bring those into issues that have nothing to do with them. One of the examples I had used in… Continue Reading →

End Toxic Trolling

When Alia Bhatt said Prithviraj Chauhan is the President of India so many years back, that was a real blunder. Even so, I have hated the way toxic trolls have reduced her to a dumb, good-for-nothing spoilt star-kid for that…. Continue Reading →

Parvathy – The Phoenix Vs the Minions of Gods

Quite some time back I read a write-up on Facebook about the then Alleppey District Collector, T.V.Anupama. It was written by a resident of Alleppey. Anupama was well known already for her commitment towards fighting corruption and serving common man,… Continue Reading →

Tearing Down Myths with ‘June’

I happened to see a Facebook review from someone of a new Malayalam movie called ‘June’. I hadn’t heard of this movie until then and even now it’s not the movie I am going to write about. Two points that… Continue Reading →

Hero, Villain and the Voiceless Damsel

Hero-villain face-off in a 90’s movie. Context – Hero tries to stop villain who is beating up his wife. ———– Villain: Why do you care if I beat up my wife? Hero: If she is your wife, beat her up… Continue Reading →

Welcoming the #MeToo Revolution

It has been quite some time since the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements took Hollywood by storm. Many idols fell and thousands of women from across the world and across professions joined in to narrate the harrowing experiences they had faced… Continue Reading →

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