‘Durga’s Hundi,’ — Poetry by Anish Kumar
Durga’s Hundi Pray to Hanuman he told his child — urging him forward with a five-dollar bill — He will make you strong. He circled Hanuman, praying his child would[…]
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That’s What She Said: Bollywood Dialogues Spoken By Women
Iconic filmy dialogues pepper the mundane minutiae of our everyday lives with some much-needed punch and melodrama. What would Bollywood be without these dialogues, timed so perfectly that the audience[…]
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Daughters of Destiny: Education, Caste, & Gender Struggles In India
In early August, Netflix put out a four-part documentary by Oscar-winning director Vanessa Roth called Daughters of Destiny, about Shanti Bhavan (in Hindi: “haven of peace”), a residential school in Tamil Nadu[…]
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Read An Excerpt From Shikhandi, or Other Stories They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik
Shikhandi, or Other Stories They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik, explains that queerness isn’t only modern, Western, or sexual. Rather, by looking at the vast written and oral traditions of Hinduism,[…]
How Satya Nadella Sounds a Lot Like My Brother, And Why That Is Not A Good Thing
I had just emerged from teaching a class in media studies at Seattle University last Thursday when I saw numerous posts on social media about remarks made by Satya Nadella.[…]
New Crowdcreated Book Offers Raw, Authentic Stories From Women in Tech
Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya’s book, Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology, is not an ordinary book. I started reading it with the expectation that it would follow the[…]
More Than a Piece of Tandoori Chicken: A Woman’s Worth in Hindi Cinema
Nearly 90 percent of all violent crimes reported in India are crimes against women. This year’s United Nations Human Development Report (PDF) suggests that with the exception of Afghanistan, India[…]