Understanding Propaganda: A Study of Media in Contemporary India by Arani Basu (2025): A Review by Rusha Chatterjee
I am sitting on the metro. Instagram shows me a reel with the audio track from Dhurandhar. The middle-aged man…
Aspirations, Examinations, And Inescapable Identities: Homebound Tells The Story About India’s Betrayed Youth – Jayashree Doley
Sometimes an image can convey what a thousand words can’t. The release of director Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest movie, Homebound (2025),…
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation by Mohammad Asid Siddiqui (2025): A Review by Keerthana Haridas
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation (published by Routledge in 2025) by Mohammad Asid…
Framing the Media: Government Policies, Law, and Freedom of the Press in India by Pamela Philipose (2025): A Review by Sanskriti
In Framing the Media: Government Policies, Law, and Freedom of the Press in India (Orient Blackswan, 2025), Pamela Philipose attempts…
The Commodification of Culture: Media, Consumption, and Everyday Practice – Jobeda Akter Rini
In a modern society defined by the screen, digital content and global consumption where culture becomes a commodity, a product…
Lana Del Rey-ification of Women: The Political Economy of Melancholic Femininity – Sanandita Chakraborty
You’ve seen her. She’s crying in candlelight, lips smudged, captioned ‘Born to Die’ with 12k likes. The body that moves…
Interstellar: Bartering Dreams for Reality Among Youths in India – Ravi Prakash Gupta and Abhijit Dasgupta
The movie Interstellar (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan does not just tell the story of astronauts chasing distant planets, it…
Medium is Still the Message – Krishan Takhar
Any society would be shaken by the gruesome acts of terror like what occurred at Pahalgam. The question one asks…
Mediatised Solidarity: Media Practices of Contemporary Indian Social Movements by Fritzi-Marie Titzmann (2024): A Review by Ali Saha
Solidarity in social movements involves a sense of shared enthusiasm, devotion, and identification with the group (Benford, 2013). Mediated spaces…
A Critical Feminist Analysis of Aattam: Disbelief, Power and the Unmasking of Patriarchal Structures – Shruthi Gurumoorthy
Introduction: The Thin Veneer of Progressiveness and the Power of Silence Anand Ekarshi’s debut feature Aattam is a masterclass in…