Aug 22, 2021The Vampire Diaries — Season 1 (2009)I thought I was over vampires. But… One of my favourite comedians/influencers on Instagram had been posting stories about how she had suddenly become addicted to ‘The Vampire Diaries’. And I was wondering what I would start watching next. I didn’t want to watch anything too serious or dark. I…The Vampire Diaries5 min read
Jun 17, 2021‘De-Internalizing’ MisogynyWe all know what misogyny is. Simply speaking, it is the contempt or prejudice directed at women and girls. But there is something called internalized misogyny, and I believe that a good number of us are carrying it around. Yes, it is the 21st century. A lot of us are…Femininity6 min read
Jun 12, 2021Stephen Fry’s Seven Deadly Sins (2020)Who would have imagined that a virus we vaguely heard about in the beginning of last year would bring the whole world to its knees?! Who would have thought that the sequence of events that resulted from one person catching it, supposedly from a bat, had the potential to change…Podcast Review5 min read
May 2, 2021Love, Sexuality and Gender in Cardcaptor SakuraWarning: This article has some spoilers. I have been watching a lot of anime lately and I happened to stumble upon this absolutely delightful show called Cardcaptor Sakura on Netflix. If you were born sometime in the 90s and watched a lot of Cartoon Network, you would remember that it…5 min read
Mar 20, 2021Good Omens (1990)For someone who claims to love books, I am really bad at reading them. I blame work, my phone and OTT platforms for that. I read ‘Good Omens’ over a period of three months, which is terrible, because it only has about four-hundred pages. …4 min read
Dec 5, 2020Caliphate (2018)Caliphate (2018) I recently listened to the New York Times podcast called ‘Caliphate’. It is a compilation of New York Times journalist Rukmini Callimachi’s interviews with a purported ex-Islamic State member who goes by the name Abu Huzaifa, who allegedly carried out executions as part of the Hispa, the IS…Podcast Review4 min read
Dec 5, 2020The Age of Innocence (1993)I get the sense that the people who lived before us took life, and its comings and goings rather a whole lot more seriously than we do; especially if they belonged to the upper class. Honour and reputation meant a great deal; a good deal more than they do today…Movie Review6 min read
Dec 2, 2020Betty Cooper from “Riverdale” (2017 — Present) and The Archie Comics (1939 — Present)Betty Cooper. Topper of her class. Editor of the school paper. Owns a cat. Always helpful. Never mean. Great baby sitter. Almost always wears her hair in a neat, little pony tail. Dresses in a way that’s attractive, but not what they call slutty, and in a way that’s just…Character Studies4 min read
Dec 2, 2020Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts — Seasons 1 & 2 (2020)I watched another Netflix series. An animated one. It was highly recommended to me by a friend. “Watch ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’.”, he said. Now that sounded familiar! Oh, yeah! Dan Stevens had put up a trailer of this show on his Instagram. Yes, the magnificent Dan Stevens…Netflix8 min read
Dec 2, 2020Woman in Gold (2015)I love films with history in them. And this film has a lot of it! ‘Woman in Gold’ starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds among others, is the real life story of Maria Altman and Randol Schoenberg. Maria escaped with her husband in the 1920s from Nazi occupied Austria to…Movie Review3 min read
