MARGINALIA

Rapper 100RBH talks about the power of unity for reform in our society.
Jashvitha Dhagey
In which Manya Sinha watches coming-of-age cinema and sees themselves in small moments of truth.
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Manya Sinha
Shristi Kapoor visits Avni Sethi’s Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, a museum that is meant to remind us of who we can be…
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Shristi Kapoor
In 2007, SCM alum Paromita Vohra made a documentary film called Morality TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar Kahani. Today she heads up Agents of Ishq, a project to start public conversations about sexual matters —which have always been considered personal and private and somewhat unimportant.
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Tanvi Dalvi
Contrary to public opinion, theatre isn’t what happens when actors strut and fret their hour upon the stage; it is what happens when the audience reacts to what is happening.
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Harshita Sethia
Does cinema reflect society or transform it into an image envisioned by a few? Akash Panday looks for Dalits in Bollywood.
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Akash Pandey
Why do men seem so uncertain about make-up?
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Taran Warner
The Korean craze has reached Indian shores. This piece surfs the depth of it.
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Aastha Gupta
From playing Olivia in Atul Kumar’s Piya Behrupiya, an award-winning musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to recording duets with her Nani Ma amidst the lockdown, singer-actor Mansi Multani is a multifaceted artiste. She talks about her journey spanning 10 years and over 600 shows.
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Simran Chandnani
Bollywood goes to small-town India but stays with the upper castes and classes
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Gunjan Sharma
A book, a memoir, a tribute. Unfolding of the life of an artist, who believed in change, who was a driving force of change. The book has been written by Sudhanva Deshpande, after 30 years of Safdar Hashmi’s murder.
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Harshita Sethia
Shuggie Bain may be a bitter pill to swallow but it leaves a sweet after-taste that makes you want to go back for more. It is a novel about addiction, poverty, and loss but it is also about love, compassion, and kindness
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Trishala Sabnis
Death threats, letters written in blood, fans who want to kidnap them…
and that’s what happens to the lucky few who make it big in K-pop
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Rivika Khanna