by Geetika Pathania Jain | Mar 16, 2019 | Entertainment
An exclusive interview with Alankrita Shrivastava, whose last film, Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017) was promptly banned in India for its frank portrayal of female desire. Now, with other female film-makers, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, who have co-written the series,...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jan 19, 2019 | Films
“Is it true there was cross-dressing in early Indian cinema?” The question came from a young Texan undergrad, and there was some muffled laughter in the audience. I paused for the room to be quiet. It was up to me to provide some cultural context. I had received some...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jan 14, 2019 | Culture
The Indian TV channel was playing Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (HAHK) when the phone call came to say that Aparna’s wedding had been called off. “Is the wedding postponed or canceled?” my mother was asking on the phone. When she hung up, she shook her head. A single...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Nov 30, 2018 | Culture
Got #Metoo? Ash is a well-dressed sexual predator in Greater Than, a Bay Area Drama (BAD) Company production written and directed by Basab Pradhan, founder and co-director of BAD Company. Sindu Singh plays Roma Kapoor with panache as a woman in a man’s world. The more...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Nov 5, 2018 | Culture
With the approach of Diwali, I tried to spring clean my house, as is customary. This year, some home repairs had been completed, and I was moving the contents back to my room. I smiled as I found a book that I had read many years ago. I remembered it with pleasure so...
