Counter Culture Shah Rukh Khan: The new action hero on the blockPrathyush ParasuramanWith Pathaan and Jawan, will he use his stardom to rewrite the genre or will the genre rewrite him?
Counter Culture Films like ‘Avatar 2’ challenge how acting is thought of as a craftPrathyush ParasuramanIt is reduced to something mechanical and processed, replicable, and too reliant on technology.
Counter Culture Why Netflix reality show ‘Dubai Bling’ is a voyeuristic ode to a post-global cityPrathyush ParasuramanIt fetishises a culture of smoke and mirrors.
Counter Culture Books of a kind Prathyush ParasuramanThere are books that arm you with a spirit of kindness as you prepare yourself to encounter the world.
Counter Culture The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between themPrathyush ParasuramanAn effective way of taking revenge against artists is to consign them to oblivion.
Counter Culture Beyond the story of India’s Oscar entry ‘Chhello Show’Prathyush ParasuramanIt reminds one how digital technology has cut cinema from the physical labour once intrinsic to it.
Counter Culture Reading Annie Ernaux theorises the personal essay while indulging in itPrathyush ParasuramanThe Nobel Prize-winning French writer makes literary chic out of a worn-out and overused genre.
Counter Culture Idea of the spectaclePrathyush ParasuramanIn the age of social media, what we consider “appearance” might become “essence”.
Counter Culture Brahmastra: The missing awePrathyush ParasuramanMany critics found the visual effects of Brahmastra excellent, but what does that mean?
COUNTER CULTURE Natchathiram Nagargiradhu: A cinematic experiment gone sour Prathyush ParasuramanPa. Ranjith’s latest film is as dull, as self-congratulating and as long as a manifesto.
COUNTER CULTURE Neat and anodyne: Anurag Kashyap misses a beat with ‘Dobaaraa’Prathyush ParasuramanThe perverse lushness of Kashyap’s cinema is lacking in Dobaaraa, making it his worst film to date.
Counter Culture ‘Panchayat’ recreates village life in its language of languor Prathyush ParasuramanBut it is also designed to keep all discomforts like caste or queerness at bay.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.