The Kashmir Files – Part 1

[Disclaimer: The article is not a review of the film, it is a description of the author's experience and what the author actually felt during and after the movie. ] At last I got a chance to watch the much talked about film The Kashmir Files. I saw it in a small city called Eindhoven…

Atrangi Bhaiya Ji

[Disclaimer: This is a satire on the current state of electoral politics/campaigns in UP and not a movie review. Spoiler Alert!] I recently watched a Hindi movie Atrangi Re. Twenty five minutes into the movie, I realized that there are uncanny similarities between Rinku Suryavanshi, a character played by Sara Ali Khan, in the movie…

Hindutva vs Hinduism; why now?

BJP is a communal party, the only way it can win an election is by brining Hindu, Hindutva and Hinduism in its election campaign. It uses its politicians and leaders to use Hinduism and Hindutva to polarize the elections. Maybe this time they asked Rahul Gandhi to polarize the elections. And Rahul Gandhi accomplished the…