Two Women And A House: This year’s winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize, recently announced, is The Safekeep, a debut novel by Yael van der Wouden, which competed with a remarkable shortlist of powerful women’s …

Mumbai’s Monk: The series, Monk on which the new show Mistry is based, came out in 2002; almost a quarter of a century ago, it was cute to have a male …

The Real Champs?: The Spanish film Campeones (2018), directed and co-written by Javier Fesser,  was based on a true story of a team in Valencia, made up of people with intellectual disabilities. …

Phulera Politics: It couldn’t last—the rural paradise that is Phulera, in UP, had to encounter violence and wickedness, which happened by the end of Season 3. The popularity of this …

Hungarian Adventure: The introduction given to the titular character is cute, Detective Sherdil, not so much. Because he is played by Diljit Dosanjh, whose stardom is at an ascendant, and he …

Across The Spectrum: Those who have never suffered from gender dysmorphia would probably not be able to understand what trans people go through. In Transit, the four-part documentary series (on Amazon …

They were called naachne-gaanewali, with derision—the tawaifs—whose place in Indian society and contribution to the performing arts is gradually being recognized. The stage show O Gaanewali, by Avanti Patel and Rutuja Lad gives …

Hate Unlimited: In India, most people will suppress their natural compassion and advise not to get involved in other people’s problems. Karan Tejpal’s Stolen is about two brothers who get caught up …

Five Times Zero: The first Housefull movie came out in 2010; since then the boys have grown to men but the antics remain juvenile. No cleavage passes without being peered down, …

The Middle Circle: If there has been something missing in the streaming space it is stories about ordinary middle class people, leading ordinary lives. The assumption is that people want …