With astonishingly good timing, a feature film that shows Kashmiri boy Hamid’s relationship with a CRPF jawan is coming to a neighbourhood near you “Allah bohut khoobsurat hain. Allah bohut takatvar hain, aur Allah acchey gaatein bhi hain” (Allah is very beautiful. He is strong and sings really well) — says eight-year-old Hamid, a young boy […]

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It’s high time we stopped treating the topic of menstruation as a taboo in front of men, and stopped keeping napkins under wraps I was nervous, but still proceeded towards the medicine shop. It was full of men — not a single woman was present. I left behind all my hesitations and finally asked for […]

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After the documentary Period: End of Sentence won an Oscar, Patriot visits Kathikeda village to find a lot has changed for its women About 100 km from the city of Delhi, in a small district called Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, there’s a small village called Kathikheda. Over the past few days, visitors have been pouring […]

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This year, black artists made history with seven record wins at the Academy Awards. But is it enough? “The word today is irony. The date, the 24th. The month, February, which also happens to be the shortest month of the year, which also happens to be the Black History month. The year, 2019. The year, […]

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India – the country which produces the largest film in the world – has not won a single Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Who is to blame? Expectations were high this year when Rima Das’ Village Rockstars was declared as India’s official entry for Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. […]

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The world of Four More Shots Please is far from real – expensive booze, perfect looks and casual flings take the place of emotions and authenticity What is the definition of a ‘liberated’ and ‘empowered’ woman? One who uses cusswords without any hesitation? One who is unafraid to shout out ‘vagina’ at the top of […]

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The famous temple in Madurai is named after Meenakshi, the goddess of love and fertility – and is debatably the place where Parvati’s heart fell after Vishnu cut her into pieces Before arriving at Madurai’s famous Meenakshi Amman Temple, I googled for information about it. What I got was a string of articles describing its […]

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The timing of a recent slew of ‘political’ and ‘nationalist’ films before the elections is not a coincidence The scene in black and white shows Mumbai in the 1960s. A young Balasaheb Thackeray, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, goes inside a movie theatre. What starts as a funny cartoon suddenly takes the shape of a “black […]

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