By Asmita Goyanka, batch of 2017 In case you feel overwhelmed by the Star Wars mania, but would like to dip a foot into scifi nevertheless, this article is for [ … ]
Category: Leisure
Lose all hope of being a ghissu, ye all who you enter here! This is the place to be for all things leisure. Check out our playlists and music articles for unconventional genres, our reviews of directors whose work caught our eye. Also on offer are reviews of movies and books which caught our fancy and hope that will catch yours too.
How ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Star Wars’ may be the same
By Yashna Paliya, Batch of 2017 Caution: May contain an exceptionally painful amount of Star Wars references. Also may have a few Harry Potter ones. May our Fawkes be with you. Before [ … ]
Cat’s Cradle and the Lies of Life
By Asmita Goyanka, Batch of 2017 Kurt Vonnegut is a science fiction writer for people who hate science fiction – he’s funny and his stories move faster than speed of [ … ]
Don’t forget to bring a towel!
By Allwin Tom, Batch of 2016 There seems to be no appropriate line left unwritten, no right word left unsaid about the novel ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. This [ … ]
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2: as misogynistic as it gets
By Yashna Paliya, Batch of 2017 Rs. 22.75 crores on the first weekend, and that stellar monologue. Bravo, indeed. Never has a movie hall made me feel so suffocated; and a [ … ]
Echoes from Kumartuli: An idol-maker’s account
By Ipshita Chatterjee, Batch of 2018 It is Panchami. It is that time of the year again when the air is fragrant with shiuli and the crescendo of dhaak beats echo from every street of Shovabazaar. It [ … ]
Chronicles of a Vindictive Warrior
By Jatin Mahajan, Batch of 2017 “So be it. I’d like your right thumb as the fee for my training!” exclaimed Dronacharya. “This is outrageous. I unconditionally worshipped you O great Guru [ … ]
Diary of a Refugee
By Ipshita Chatterjee, Batch of 2018 Today, that good lady, with a card around her neck, who sometimes brings us food and water, brought this strange little thing, like a [ … ]
Book Review #1: The Palace of Illusions
By Anusha Goel, Batch of 2018 “A woman born into a man’s world.” Synopsis: What was it like to be born at the time when the greatest epic was being [ … ]
Movie Review: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
By Anusha Goel, Batch of 2018 Star cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddique, Om Puri (Special Appearance) Director: Kabir Khan Synopsis: Shahida is a beautiful, but mute Pakistani [ … ]