The latest reports point towards a shocking development of the filmmakers expressing willingness to cut scenes of Empuraan and resubmit for censor certification. The whole episode shows that the Hindu nationalist camp could achieve some success in sparking a nationwide campaign and forcing the producers to surrender, a first in the state’s and Malayalam film industry’s history.
Gig Work, Climate Crisis and Urban Infrastructures: Some Thoughts
The relationship between gig work, extreme climatic events, and urban infrastructures is a compelling realm that needs to be studied carefully in the coming time in a country like India, which has an expanding gig workforce and a growing rate of extreme weather events. The survey report published by Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union and HeatWatch on the gig workers’ experience of extreme heat in Hyderabad is one of the introductory works in this direction, which this essay closely reads. The report provides a ground to push our thinking of gig work in connection with urban infrastructures and reveals the vital role of the state in the matter.
Redbook Catalogue
List of selected catalogues of 24 red books written by authors from across the world. Each of these red books carries forward the spirit of the original red book: the communist manifesto, the spirit of hope and action, of liberation and inspiration.
The lepidopterist
o lepidopterist he has a hooked nose,
a tall forehead unusually round
at the top, ill-fitting hairline to the sides
Mother, Weep Not for Me
When you came to see me,
I couldn’t see your face
from the fibreglass window.
If you glanced at my crippled body,
you could truly believe that I was still alive.
Poems by Tatum Hamernik
I don’t know if you cared
Or you lied
About wanting to get to know
Who I am
But I can’t stop replaying that night
In my head
With the soundtrack of an 80’s song
Looping around
It’s not words that I remember,
It’s senses
Behind the Curtain: Backstage Glimpses of Veerapandiya Kattabomman
This photo essay covers the backstage events of Veerapandiya Kattabomman Natakam staged in Soorangudi, a village in the southern part of the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, concerning the Perumal Kovil temple festival in 2022.
Together We Rise: Solidarity with the Women of Malayalam Film Industry
Immediate action against the alleged perpetrators, regardless of their political positioning, is the need of the hour.