Vishnupriya Bhandaram
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Mumbai, MH, India
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Aziz Ansari sexual misconduct allegation: We need to urgently talk about sex and consent- Entertainment News,
If there’s anything the Aziz Ansari story highlights, it is how loudly we must have the conversation about consent | #FirstCulture → Read More
The Deuce: HBO's excellent new series shows sex sells and everybody’s buyin
Meandering along the black, white and grey lines of sex, money and corruption, The Deuce triumphs through Maggie Gyllenhaal’s exquisite performance | HBO → Read More
Raya Sarkar's list of academic 'predators' is the disruptor we needed in sexual harassment discourse
Raya Sarkar's list has highlighted that infighting and talking about which feminism is the better feminism serves little to no purpose. → Read More
Kangana Ranaut's 'Bollywood Diva' video with AIB calls out sexism — and the 'wokebro'
The wokebro wants to be an ally, but he is only an enlightened sexist — as demonstrated by Kangana Ranaut and AIB in 'The Bollywood Diva Song' → Read More
Arjun Reddy: How Vijay Devarakonda's film is a 70mm nod to toxic masculinity
Stripped off the cinematography, style and treatment, Arjun Reddy isn’t that revolutionary after all, it is still a nod to the male ego. → Read More
My politically charged lipstick
The mirror was smudgy, there were traces of adhesive left from the red bindis that my mother put on her forehead. Our chestnut coloured dresser was home to a variety of things — hair ties, trinkets, combs. An entire shelf from the storage on the right side of the mirror was home to stray bottles of shampoos collected from various hotels. Another was dedicated to oils, a greasy blue plastic… → Read More
Dakhani poetry: Activity abound, expression in decline
Gautam Pemmaraju, Mumbai-based filmmaker, originally from Hyderabad, set out to document Dakhani humour and satire through its decades-old culture of performance poetry. → Read More
Rainbow at the end of the tunnel? Curative petition on Section 377, a last legal remedy to toss draconian law out
In their bid to decriminalise Section 377, The LGBTQI groups have mobilised themselves, hundreds of gay men and women came out to their families, friends and to the world — because the personal is political. → Read More
Engaging with academia: Political scientist Nandini Deo says strategies mobilise people, not religious ideologies
On a visit to India, Nandini Deo spoke to Firstpost about her latest research findings. Her thoroughly researched book takes the form of a historical analysis of the rise and fall of Hindutva and the role of feminist politics in India. → Read More
Hyderabad university suicide: Rohith Vemula hangs himself in campus, student unions protest
22-year-old, following his expulsion, committed suicide on Sunday evening. Rohith Vemula was a second year PhD student. → Read More
Burkina Faso seige: Four jihadis, 28 others dead; victims from 18 countries in the al-Qaida attack
The Al-Qaida fighters who stormed a popular hangout in Burkina Faso's capital at dinnertime came with a mission to kill as many people as possible, firing at people as they moved to a nearby hotel and setting the cafe ablaze, survivors and officials have said. - Firstpost → Read More
The personal is political, but now it’s also social: How the internet changed the game for feminist discourse
Social media has It has provided a space for the feminist movement to thrive. Phenomena like vitality and memes can be used to make very powerful points that reach a lot of people → Read More
SC calls on Parliament to discuss laws on chemical castration: Here's all you need to know about it
Paedophilia and paedophiles should not be seen as dangerous, violent, inhuman creatures but that it is upto society to recognise their flaws and understand their mental anguish and torment and then subject them to necessary restrictions. → Read More
Crushed by negligence: All you need to know about the drought and agrarian crisis in Telangana
A total of 37,912 farmers committed in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the last 19 years. Telangana’s agrarian crisis is real, with heart wrenching stories that underlie these statistics. → Read More
Firstpost Ground Report: KCR’s abundant display of wealth in drought-hit state reeks of bad governance
The drought stricken mandals and families are sore from years of negligence towards their needs and conditions not just by the TRS government, but by the five different political parties that were in power before. → Read More
Praise be: KCR's 'private event' Chandi Maha Yaagam gets premium coverage in local media
Away from the heat, dust and the crowd at Erravalli, Hyderabad is staying up-to-date about Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's Rs 7 crore Chandi Maha Yaagam, thanks to massive media coverage. → Read More
Firstpost Ground Report: Telangana CM KCR deploys state machinery for massive religious ceremony even as state reels under drought
I took the first flight out of Mumbai to Hyderabad on Friday morning to record the scale of this Rs 7 crore ceremony, the excess of which seem all that more stark when contrasted with these grim numbers: over 50 per cent of administrative units in Telangana are stricken by drought, as a consequence of which 1,840 farmers have killed themselves since the state was formed in June last year. → Read More
Despite a heart-breaking year, here's a different take on Christmas carols to put it all into perspective
Introspect. Be good. Be better. And now, take one minute and 45 seconds out of your day to watch this moving video by Tata Sky that celebrates communities and a seamless exchange of good values — religion no bar. → Read More
What the netas were upto: Here's a look at Lok Sabha productivity in the Winter Session
The calendar highlights the days on which the lower house met each year. Mouse over to view detail about each day. → Read More