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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

August 3, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)

Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

August 2, 2025
Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

Subhashree Paul July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025August 3, 2025

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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

Santosh Kumar Mamgain August 3, 2025August 3, 2025
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 2025August 3, 2025
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 
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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

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The Turin Horse [2011]: The Futility of Existence

August 8, 2017
Kalpit Tandon
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Jerusalem: The virtual pilgrimage to the land of perennially ambiguous identity.

August 2, 2017
Mohsin Mistri
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Here Is Why the Non-Linear Narrative In ‘Dunkirk’ Didn’t Work

July 26, 2017
Suvo Pyne
Article · Essay

[WATCH] Video Essay Explores How Christopher Nolan Manipulates Time

July 18, 2017
Shikhar Verma
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In Response to “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To”: Rom Com Edition

July 16, 2017
Lara Kalenderian
Article · Essay

Melancholia [2011]: Alien on Earth

June 24, 2017
Nivedita Nair
Article · Essay

Of Love, Grief and Rediscovery: A Love Letter to Clementine

June 21, 2017
Shivansh Mishra
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Theย Godfather Paradox : Diasporic Dialectics, Gender Trouble and Issues ofย Identity

June 19, 2017
Debopriyaa Dutta
Article · Essay

Amadeus [1984]: For the Artist in You

June 4, 2017
Asra Mamnoon
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The Stepford Wives [2004]: Dress-up and Denial

June 3, 2017
Lara Kalenderian

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Postmodernity and the city: Blade Runner, Dark City, Akira
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How Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets explores the themes of Penance and Salvation
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