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The Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Gully Boy' has been declared as India's official entry in the 'Best International Feature Film' category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The Culcutta Times tweeted on September 19 that the Film Federation of India jury had decided to send the Zoya Akhtar-directorial for Oscars. Gully boy that will represent India at the Oscars depicts the contrast between the haves and have-nots with its artistic stature. While low pay and wage inequality remain a serious challenge to India’s path to achieving decent working conditions and inclusive growth, the movie paramountly addresses the issue of elevating rise of wage gap and the exploitation of working labour class in India. It demonstrates the life of 'gully ka chokra'  i.e. Murad (Ranveer Singh) a guy living in the slums of dharavi, Mumbai. Gully boy that has woven seamless words, songs, poetry into it's narrative, co-opts the anti-establishment politics ...

On the night of 10th January, 1966, independent India’s 2nd prime minister shri lal bahadur shastri dies in Tashkent USSR. Not everyone was convinced that it was a natural death. Many theories surround his death and the one that floats up the most is the conspiracy that he had been poisoned that night, poison administered in his regular milk by cook ‘Jaan Mohommad’ who wouldn’t regularly serve him. Plot : Staring Naseerudin Shah (as PKR Natrajan) and Mithun Chakraborty (as Shyam Sundar Tripathi) in key roles as current day politicians. Shweta Prasad (Ragini Phule) is a young journalist who fakes news and is given the last opportunity to find a scoop for the media firm she works. Desperate to redeem herself, she gets into a game set by a caller who urges her to find out ‘Who Killed Shastri’ and sends her piles of research documentation on the mysterious death of Shastri. When her article hits the news-stands, she is approached by Shyam Sundar Tripathi who then talks to PKR Natra...

 The end of 18th century and heading towards 19th century, kinship hegemony is declining in India. Invasion of britishers and the period of dismantling of monarchy for trade and capital exchange. ‘Shivrajpur’ a small taluka in panchmahal district, Gujarat state of India, where lived a newly married couple Sarang and Hussena, who are about to lead a life sharing an unsettling equation with their respective communities in shivrajpur. They flee to Champaner, a town 11kms away from shivrajpur, named after the flowers of ‘champaka’ found in the forest of pavagadh. By 15th century, the khichi Chauhan Rajputs held Pavagadh fort above the town of champaner. ‘Muhammed Begda’ in 1484 captured champaner, rebuilding and embellishing it. The town flourished in his reign with the grand establishment of Jama masjid and many other mosques. It’s been a year, Sarang and Hussena are both living a peaceful life together in champaner with their daily work, embracing each other with love. Huss...

"Kindness to animals" from simply choosing this theme as a part of our subject 'development Communication' in the fourth semester of bachelor's in journalism and mass communication. We were given two options, one was 'awareness for cycling' and 'kindness to animals' and drafting an answer to what I choose and why I choose, I chose kindness to animals owing to three reasons: 1. My flamboyant fascination towards animals though being afraid of most of them 2. I always wished to have a cat but my mom not allowing me, stating 'You aren't even responsible to take care for yourself, ofcourse you  are not going to care for the little animal' 3. Because​ there is an ongoing debate about Animal welfare, slaughter and choice in the ongoing political scenario with reference to 'PETA' I chose kindness to animals. But with the theme sounding flowery and so called 'cute', it is a real serious issue for which we need to sensit...

I call myself a feminist. I have always urged for gender equality the way lots of people of my generation do, by daily challenging gender biased practices, gender biased traditions and discriminatory attitude of society towards women. So to myself, and  all such people : this is time for us (the youth) to involve and participate in the present day politics and realize what is actually going wrong around us, while we put on the blind fold of 'gender equality'. The blogpost comprises of four elements essential to our understanding of the Sabarimala debate 1 . A brief about the conflict ( Sabarimala temple and the SC verdict ) 2 . Challenging the pseudo-feminist narrative  3. An event to defame Hindu traditions 4 . Concluding the  political football Here we go, 1. A BRIEF ABOUT THE SABARIMALA CONFLICT:  Sabarimala is a prominent Hindu temple located on a hilltop in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district . The ban on women entering the te...

Chapter XVI, section 377 of the Indian penal code dating back to 1851, introduced during the British rule of India, criminalizes sexual activities “against the order of nature” including homosexual acts. But the nation is finally heading towards decriminalizing section 377 as SC starts hearing. A five judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India ‘Dipak Misra’ is working on this and raising hopes among those who challenged IPC section 377. This blogpost covers four key points essential to the understanding of homosexuality and section 377. 1. Introduction to LGBT                                       2. Reasons behind one being a homosexual? 3. Why is it a crime? 4. India heading towards reforms Here we go: 1. Introduction to LGBT community : So basically, there are two main factors that play an important role for every human being 1. Gender identity 2. ...