Monday, December 23, 2024

OneRepublic – The Feel Good Band

By Chahat Sareen Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. You might have whistled along the “Good Life” tunes in your college...

Vishal Bhardwaj

By Naman Singh Now that everyone loves to write about their life a lot, why should we too wish to be somewhere behind? Yes, open...

Hindustani Music….Part 5

There are many many things about Indian classical music that I would love to talk about. But there are many concepts about which all...

Go Waka Waka: Benefits Of Belly Dancing

By Rashi Mittal We all love to see belly dancers. Their fancy costumes, the way they move their body and have a full control over...

Sunil Grover v/s Kapil Sharma

By Harshita Kain Sunil Grover and Kapil Sharma are amongst the best comedians India has ever had. While Kapil Sharma gained popularity after winning Comedy...

Why Just “NO-SMOKING”?

By Nikita Madan We Indians have movies in our veins. The clapping/whistling /dancing frenzy that it evokes in theatres has no parallel in any other...

Bollywood ladies in negative roles

By Nikita Madan  Women on Indian celluloid rarely get the chance to go bad, but when they do, they leave a mark. The Bollywood villainess...

Dystopia: Of Hope and Helplessness

By Riya Kuruvilla If we lived in a dystopian world, you wouldn't be reading this. Fortunately, it isn’t and we can talk about dystopian literature...

Escapist Indulgence in our Illusions of Control: From “The Lord of the Rings” to...

By Riya Kuruvilla Ghosts and Goblins, Fairies and Elves, Trolls and Monsters, Werewolves and Vampires – these and various other shapely (or shapeless) creatures fill...

Ekta Kapoor: The Prime Time face of Indian Television

By Riya Singla Prime time shows, family time, The ‘K factor’ and lots and lots of melodrama! The ideal scene from every household a few...

Movie adaptations of Bestsellers: a growing trend in Bollywood

By Riya Singla ‘Hollywood’, is something we all fancy. Indian film makers have always  been inspired by the way Hollywood conducts itself. In Hollywood, it...

Keeping up with the Khans

By Abhilasha We love to watch them on screen and always have the intel on who’s dating whom, but do we actually know what these...

Yours Musically, Coke Studio Pakistan

By  Mahima Rana The other day my roommate was playing “Sunny Sunny” on repeat, the entire day. Irritation level at its peak, I turned on...

The Best Musical Movies

By Kriti Kaul Music reverberates everywhere. There is little wonder then that music has acted as a muse, as an inspiration for cinema as well....

Hasee To Phaseee Review- Charmingly Goofy

By Nikita Madan   Hasee To Phasee (mind you the title has no relevance to the film!) is a refreshing take on the clichéd boy meet...

Bollywood Overdose

By Harshita Kain   In the recent years, stars have invaded our lives in each and every possible way. While earlier the presence of Bollywood celebrities...

Koffee of Words

By Sneha Garodia The definition of a perfect Sunday evening for many of us right now would be in front of the television watching Koffee...

The Timekeeper: We’re all a little Obsessive Compulsive over Time

By Riya Kuruvilla Hate or love it, you've still got to follow time. We are obsessed with the idea of “measuring the hour”, of trying...

Sensitization or Stereotyping?

By Rhea Grover   It is difficult to distinguish between art and life in modern day society; they no longer imitate each other but appear to...

Marley and Me: A Review

By Rhea Grover As I sat looking for inspiration for my next article, staring aimlessly at my bookshelf I saw the book that had a...

Agha Shahid Ali: A Memory Relived

We live and we die, but what remains behind are our deeds. For different people the definition of 'deed' differs. And in my opinion,...

Yes, I am a Beatlemaniac

By Niyati Gangwar The small city of Liverpool in England is lesser known for housing the oldest repertory theatre in England and is better known...

Random Access Memories- Album Review

By Virangana Pal Going through the many records released in 2013, none are capable of surpassing the eye-popping grandeur and sheer technical wizardry of Daft...

The Unwritten Judith

By Aayushi Khandelwal “Who shall measure the heat and the violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a women’s body?” -Virginia Woolf, A...

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

By Chirali Sharma My first encounter with the band, Florence and the Machine, was while watching an episode of the show The Vampire...