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Where are Bollywood’s Working Women?
Read more: Where are Bollywood’s Working Women?This article examines the portrayal of women in Bollywood films, in the specific context of women’s careers. Through several archaic and sexist tropes, Bollywood keeps reinforcing the idea of a reality or at least the aspiration of a society where women either only have certain socially approved professions such as teacher or nurse or have…
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Queerbaiting: From a Marketing Tactic to Cancel Culture
Read more: Queerbaiting: From a Marketing Tactic to Cancel CultureAs social media continues to tackle the problem of correct word usage, “queerbaiting” has become one of many such buzzwords. What is repeatedly ignored are the implications and consequences of shifting its inclusion in the discourse surrounding real people. This article looks at the complexities contained in this shift of “queerbaiting” as a narrative technique…
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Gender Rights and Fast Fashion
Read more: Gender Rights and Fast FashionThe essence of fast fashion lies in its replicability and its ability to be of the moment. Their relevance is often short-lived resulting in countless environmental problems, consumerism and drained workers. They rely heavily on cheap labour and materials to produce quick clothing at low rates. This essay examines issues surrounding fast fashion from a…
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Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to Shikhandi
Read more: Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to ShikhandiAlthough Ismat Chugtai’s Lihaaf is often cited as a beacon of queer indian literature in the early 20th century, a close scrutiny of its sub-texts and narrative shows how this attribute may not be entirely suitable to its premise. Several instances and inter-personal relationships, created by Chugtai, demonize queerness as exploitative, undesireable, and ugly. It’s…
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