Category Archives: Media Sociology

Aye Dil Hai Mushkil

Posted on October 29, 2016 by secondsaturn

Dil Vakei Hai Mushkil … The exact wordings of the song are Aye Dil hail Muskhkil, jeena Yahaan, Zara hatke, Zara Bachke, Yeh hai Bombay Meri Jaan insisting that your heart is indeed in deep trouble since the city in … Continue reading →

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Amitabh’s Feminism

Posted on September 27, 2016 by secondsaturn

Amitabh Bachchan’s letter to his granddaughters is important in more ways than one. Firstly, it is a letter. Letter writing is an art of which the cultural elite know very well across the world; the intellectual pariahs who abound the … Continue reading →

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Myth, Media and Poetry – Jagannath’s Rathyatra

Posted on July 21, 2015 by secondsaturn

The Rath Yatra of Jagannath is among the grandest sacred spectacle of India and till only recently, which is before the Bengalis discovered the Durga Puja, it was the grandest fair of them all. The rath, or the car festival … Continue reading →

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Cinema and Partition 2

Posted on June 11, 2015 by secondsaturn

Well Ms T seems to have made up her mind. She was faking all that euphoria as the theme of displacement in Partition being attached to her own biography. Yes, she feels uncertain and distressed at the possible wrenching out … Continue reading →

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Mirza Ghalib and The Public Sphere

Posted on April 11, 2015 by secondsaturn

I subscribe to the Tata Sky and within the bouquet I get Javed Akhtar Active. This is really the channel I usually watch apart from the standard detective serials like CID, Monk, Castle, Mentalist and Adalat. All of these add … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh in ICC Quarter Final – The Idea Of A Nation

Posted on March 26, 2015 by secondsaturn

Iam a nationalist; I believe in nations and I love them too. I have never considered going abroad, working or even studying there for the fear that once I cross the political boundaries of my nation, I might lose my … Continue reading →

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Amitabh Bachchan – Cricket Commentary

Posted on February 22, 2015 by secondsaturn

I have long stopped following cricket; I find that it was taking up far too much emotional space in my life. I decided to free myself of the affective efforts associated whenever India plays its cricket matches so that I … Continue reading →

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Hum Log 30 Years Ago and Hence – A Page From History

Posted on September 28, 2014 by secondsaturn

Those were the days of Humlog. ..

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Bollywood and Diaspora

Posted on April 5, 2014 by secondsaturn

Ritwik Mallik, India’s youngest published author, called up to gather some inputs from me for an essay which his friend was writing on Bollywood and Diaspora. These questions put me in a bind especially when suddenly asked out of the … Continue reading →

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The Life Trajectory of Krishna Dasgupta a.k.a Suchitra Sen

Posted on January 19, 2014 by secondsaturn

I did not know till I heard it on television on the reminiscences of her biographer that Roma Dasgupta was enrolled as Krishna Dasgupta in school. I also had no idea that during her wedding ceremony, Roma refused to wear … Continue reading →

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