Puppy Love: This teen romance streaming on Amazon Mini TV exists in a fluffy cloud of innocence; were it not for the constant use of cell phones, laptops and social …

“The problem with being a wife is being a wife,” writes Carmela Ciuraru in the introduction of her painstakingly researched and very readable book, Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages, …

When it comes to the misfortunes of others, we have very short memories. The cases of atrocities against women do not even get adequate media coverage—it’s like everybody wakes up …

Palace Plots: There is a purpose that spooky old palaces serve— as locations for suspense or horror thrillers. Pavan Kirpalani’s Gaslight (on Disney+Hotstar) tries to be both with mixed results. The other minor advantage …

Faceless Mob: Looking at the signs of prosperity, at least in urban India, it seems as if people are eager to forget the trauma of the Covid months. Typically, those …

Twisty Turns: The film starts with such routine man stalking-wooing-winning woman sequences, that it is impossible to anticipate what is to come next in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (the title comes …

Unbreakable Cop: The guy is shot at, stabbed, blown up, has a kidney extracted, but all he does is grimace and come up with some stream of consciousness philosophising. The …

When Kaz Met Zoe: This is multi-cultural Britain, where the Khan family of Pakistani origin and a white British family live next door to each other, without any overt signs …

Tiger Mom: In the opening sequence of the film, an Indian infant is being taken away by two white women; the mother runs after them, tries to hang on to …

Making Science Enjoyable: Amidst the line-up of crime shows, family dramas and campus capers, Rocket Boys dropped like welcome rain after an arid summer last year– a series about scientists that was …