A critical review of Dhurandhar, exploring how the film maps covert warfare, crime networks and state complicity to redefine Bollywood’s politics of terror.

If you’ve ever felt like you turn into a different person before your period, you’re not imagining it.

Two weeks after Nepal’s September 2025 protests, a young witness reflects on rage, loss, and fragile hope.

How a sitcom punchline became medical gaslighting in disguise.

From its title alone, Aryan Khan’s Bastards of Bollywood  announces itself as both provocation and inheritance. Skepticism was inevitable: here was Shah Rukh Khan’s son stepping into the arena, trailers leaning heavily on his father’s aura, and SRK himself fronting the marketing, confirming the critique that haunts every star child: a debut cushioned by privilege. The show itself, though, is far stranger, sharper, and more self-aware than its marketing let on. This is is not

How young Nepalese are challenging corruption, reclaiming streets, and shaping their nation’s future.

Anuparna Roy’s Songs of Forgotten Trees made history at the Venice Film Festival, where she became the first Indian filmmaker to win Best Director in the Orizzonti section. Without film school credentials or industry pedigree, Roy’s debut rejects clichés of Indian cinema abroad. Her intimate, feminist storytelling reframes women not as symbols or victims but as survivors who demand to be witnessed.

In Ammi’s Kitchen, Pernia Qureshi shares Rampur’s heirloom recipes and memories, celebrating food as family, history, and love.

Koel Puri’s piece is a dispatch from a time when fun wasn’t curated for Instagram and rebellion didn’t need a hashtag. She reminds us that the real anti-aging secret might not be SPF or a twelve-step skincare routine, but the soft chaos of staying out too late, falling for the wrong person, or saying yes to something you can’t quite explain in the morning.

Gucci's approach represents a different kind of cultural navigation—one that sidesteps the sari-versus-lehenga debate entirely by refusing to engage with South Asian garment categories at all.

Netflix's latest dissects the cost of being a woman in a world built by men.

Diljit Dosanjh made history as the first Punjabi artist to walk the Met Gala red carpet — dressed in custom Prabal Gurung, styled by Abhilasha Devyani.

An excerpt from Prahlad Kakar’s memoir, a tale of friendship, rebellion, and life in 1970s India during the Naxalite movement.

Yasmin Zaher’s electric debut novel, The Coin, dives into privilege, identity, and inherited trauma with biting wit and disarming honesty.

From Louboutin’s Diwali Edit to Barbie’s Indian couture, global brands are flocking to India this festive season. But as luxury collections

Manasvi James on the emotional labor and gender expectations faced by elder daughters in Indian homes.

Neha Das reviews Call Me Bae, a rags-to-riches story that, while feeling a bit dated with its girl boss feminism, remains a fun and binge-wo

The spectacle of the Met Gala, begs the question: What role does couture and extravagance play in the Shadows of Conflict.

Srishti Jayant reviews "Lapatta Ladies," praising its portrayal of women navigating India's patriarchal landscape.

In this interview, we chat with Zahra about her recent NFT art exhibition, ‘A Moment in Time'.

Smriti Bhoker explores the ideas of urban loneliness with a feminist lens.

Riya Talitha (This article was originally published on The Third Eye and can be viewed here .The article was developed as part of The...

On Consciousness, Creativity, and Colourful Concepts

"‘Posh’ was just a sanitised way of saying upper-caste," writes Srija U in her reflections on language, identity and the city.

Meghna Mathew writes an ode to the humble Indian kitchen and its role in shaping identities.

"We Are All Birds Of Uganda is a glimpse into the life of South Asians in Uganda during the British colonial era", writes Raiyah Butt.

Growing up Dalit anywhere isn't easy, but in Rajasthan, it can be especially toxic, writes Yashica Dutt in the aftermath of 20th July 2022.

Mystical Narratives: Inside the Surreal World of Darshini Chetty

This South Asian Heritage Month in the UK, we are shining a spotlight on the #BestofBritish South Asian TV and movies and we've got...

Avi Virdee writes about the oft-forgotten role played by South Asian Women in British history.

It's South Asian Heritage Month in the UK. This year's theme is Journeys of Empire. 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the independence...

Raiyah Butt reviews Marvel's latest offering, Ms Marvel and its exploration of the Pakistani identity in mainstream pop culture.

On Representing Pakistani Beauty

Drawing parallels between Mae Martin's Feel Good and the Amber Heard trial, Smriti Bhoker takes a closer look at victim shaming in society.

Mehak Walia and R Butt write on the recently passed " Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida and its repercussions.

We present our LGBTQIA+ book recommendations, from the fun fiction fantasies of Adiba Jaigirdar to the life lessons of activist Urvashi Vaid

Neha Rajan on dinner table conversations that helped connect three generations of women.

A conversation with NFT artist Vabyvel on feminity and minority representation in crypto art.

Mythily Nair reviews Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda, a 1992 Shyam Benegal film follows a man and the women he meets in his lifetime.

Smriti Bhoker on period poverty, luxury feminism and the need for empathy and responsibility in conversations around menstruation.

Sakshi S. Kadam writes on the impact of hostile architecture design on the homeless living in India's urban centres

At its heart, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan is a film about space, writes Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel.

C Chandrawala tells the story of the good guys you don’t often hear about. Heroes of Colour.

Arpita Mallick reviews the documentary, About Love.

Bridgerton is back, and here’s our spoiler-free review on season two.

In the past few months, India has witnessed a rare public conversation on what it means to be married.

Sagarika Chaudhary writes about breaking up with toxic diet culture and beauty standards and embracing one's body.

Today might be international women's day, but if it were up to us, you'd be celebrated every day. (But sure, we'll take the bandwagon on...

It turns out you can recognize occupation when it’s white. You can understand resistance when it’s white.

On the aesthetics of excess