What I love the most about the bracket business is how it exposes us all. Our inner snobs come out. We slyly mock people for liking popular cinema. And their choices we don't approve of. But some people really are redundant (iykyk) and should only vote in a Mani Kaul bracket.

Sadness is permanent, everything else, temporary

Henry Orik painted quietly—and prolifically—for decades. About a year ago, the 77-year-old’s surrealist work was discovered. Now his paintings are worth millions. nyer.cm/NdLVRtW

Growing up, I was always wanted rumals that matched my frock, like our film heroines. While that never happened, somehow, matching rumals also went out of fashion. I write about the case of the missing handkerchiefs, from cinema and life. Read? Please? open.substack.com/pub/manjiriind…

From MAGA to MIGA

Put simply, Israel is planning a concentration camp.

Dear lord how can you not see the patriarchy here? Are women only good for being emotional support? Give this training to men. And wtf is Campus Mothers? SO fucked up

These kinds of "bios" are always so telling.

How companies are thinking of giving menstruation leave, I think I need four days a month for therapy. I am so beyond drained and nonfunctional, so exhausted that I can't think or move or do anything on therapy days, I need proper rest to get my spoons back

Let’s be honest. Suhel Seth is a sexual harasser. A shame on how shoddy our infrastructure is; a shame on the jokers who govern the place and a shame on the priorities of the Government. So the next time he yaps grandly on social media, look that MeToo accused scum in the eye!

So this doesn't come under UAPA? Not a threat to national security, it would seem

Andrea Gibson is no more. The clouds have decided to shed the weight of their grief as relentless rains. They were a grief astronaut. Their poetry helped me hold on to life. And they are no more holding the telescope, telling us what they see. Rest in poetry, love, music, Andrea

Imagine producing one of the world’s most iconic teas and earning less than the official minimum wage. In Darjeeling's tea gardens workers are paid Rs. 250 per day which is 30% less than the daily wage for unskilled labour. And even this small amount goes unpaid for months.

Under the able leadership of Narendra Modi, the youth of India is joining the fastest growing industry called gundagardi unlimited.

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Israel is evil

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Is SRK embarrassed? I'm a huge, blind, crazy big fan. But really, this is just sad that he's won for Jawan. I am feeling bad for him. It feels like a disrespect to his entire body of work. National Awards have been crap for a while. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But wtf!