By Priyanka Roy Any comment, leave alone a review, on Saand Ki Aankh would be incomplete without an acknowledgement of how the reel meshes with the real. This film about two sexagenarians bulls-eyeing their way through patriarchy and gender discrimination, suppression and sexism in the oppressed heartland of India isContinue Reading
LissyMaruthanakuzhy The book gives the reader a good picture of the aspirations and struggles of a native Goan in the colonial Portuguese era in Goa. If anyone, like myself have thought that people of Goa were happy under the Portuguese colonizers, perhaps we are not so right. As far backContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Some 13 years ago in 2006 the first musical on Mother Teresa of Calcutta entitled Madre Teresa il Musical with lyrics by Piero Castellacci and music by Michele Paulicelli featuring 13 songs in Italian was performed by parish theatre groups in Italy. Now, for the first time, theContinue Reading
By Shane J. Alliew Running at 132 minutes and made at a budget of 200 million rupees, Raaj Shaandilyaa’s directorial debut, Dream Girl has raked in ten times its budget and is currently running to near-packed houses across the country. What made this comedy of errors click, causing the producersContinue Reading
The Story of how Christianity arrived and found a home in India has lessons for Indians as well as the world, says a new book which examines the history of this religion in India in the context of local and global events. The history of Christianity in India is aContinue Reading
By Shane Alliew Running at 130 minutes, Article 15, is another hard-hitting film from director Anubhav Sinha (Mulk, 2018), this time challenging the ethos of casteism which is embedded in the fabric of the Indian society, running far deep and wide than what one can ever imagine. Ayan Ranjan (AyushmannContinue Reading
By Shane Alliew Running at 129 minutes, Joh Watts (Spiderman: Homecoming, 2017) directed Spiderman: Far From Home is the sequel to the aforesaid film. It should not be viewed as one which has been released after Avengers: Endgame, even though the opening credits pay rich tributes to Tony Stark (loveContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, June 5, 2019: A handbook released recently aims to help future Catholic priests and religious build inclusive communities in India. The “Policy of the Dalit Empowerment in the Catholic Church in India” recommends that seminarians and religious formation houses must provide courses and programsContinue Reading
By : Shane J Alliew Based on American author Garrard Conley’s memoir (2016) of the same name, Boy Erased, directed by Australian actor, director, producer, writer, filmmaker Joel Edgerton is a sensitive, poignant story based on a gay conversion therapy programme. Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is the son ofContinue Reading
Running at 129 minutes, American psychological thriller Glass is the final installment of the Unbreakable trilogy, coming from writer-producer-director M. Night Shyamalan. Preceded by Split (2016) and Unbreakable (2000), the film stars James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sarah Paulson. Does a superhuman really exist? That’sContinue Reading
