Article 19

Category: Features

  • Ripe Vinyl #13 | Sudhandiram Oru Dabba – Kurangan

    When I was asked to write about my “Music Story”, I found that it was a Herculean task. First, what is a music story, really? And as much as I like Kurangan, there is so much out there. How does one really choose? Because I still love my Rahman and Raja, and sometimes classical music… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Review | Kandukondain Kandukondain

    The film stays true to its intent, as a heartwarming tale of romance, drama and music that will leave you satisfied—even though the said satisfaction arises out of our unrealistic concept of love, and the belief that all our problems will miraculously disappear precisely the way it happened in the movie. But then again, we… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Review | Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

    Coelho joins life, death and madness in an inextricable tangle which leads us to question whether true freedom lies in the realm of lunacy. Veronika Decides to Die is a short read that will leave you thinking long after you have turned the last page. Read More

    2–3 minutes

  • Review | Family Romance, LLC – “Who Will Be My Father Today?”

    The film is shot almost entirely on a handheld camera with Herzog himself as the cinematographer. It doesn’t employ professional actors, and a lot of the dialogue is spontaneous. One might easily mistake it for a documentary. Yet, the scenes are carefully scripted and explore a very definite question—where do you draw the line between… Read More

    5–8 minutes

  • HSSpeak #7 | Hegemony

    Gramscian cultural hegemony refers to the power asserted by ‘fundamental groups’ on the general population, manipulating them into consenting to idealize one form of culture or values. Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Review | Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here is a near-perfect deconstruction of a hitman

    The basic premise of You Were Never Really Here is that of a hitman out to rescue a young girl from bad men. By the end of the movie, it seems like everyone except the girl needs rescuing and avenging. Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Ripe Vinyl #12 | Afreen Afreen – Coke Studio

    For me, this song is a tryst of reveries and of remembrance, of lazy afternoons spent basking in the warmth of friendship and self-love. Of evenings spent talking about anything and everything under the sun. Of nights spent with great company, recounting raucous tales or simply losing ourselves in the beauty of the stars. Of… Read More

    5–7 minutes

  • Ripe Vinyl #11 | Rose-Colored Boy – Paramore

    “The album inspired me to stop trying to fit in and to like and do whatever it is that I want, and to be proud of it. The album aesthetics encouraged me to reconnect with my femininity—which was something I had been suppressing as I believed it to be degrading to be feminine—and to find… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • HSSpeak #6 | Cultural Capital

    The cultural capital theory is a vital contribution to social thought by Pierre Bourdieu. It focuses on the importance of culture in attaining educational credentials and extending material wealth. Read More

    2–3 minutes

  • Ripe Vinyl #10 | Born on the Bayou – Creedence Clearwater Revival

    When the words Creedence Clearwater Revival are spoken, one image undeniably stands out from all of the rest – The Vietnam War. The band might as well have been married to the War, considering the profound influence they drew from it and how they influenced the counter culture movement of the time. Born on the Read More

    3–4 minutes