500 Days of Labour?: How Women Characters Are Burdened With Changing the Lives of Men

By: Shaunika Sharma Let’s admit it, most of us love our share of rom-coms unabashedly, while some of us continue to consume them a bit more discretely for fear of being shamed. Although it is important to stop shaming ourselves and others for indulging in the things we enjoy, and to accept the significance of…

Bollywood’s Latest Obsession- the Man-Child

By: Brinda Mathur A man-child is exactly what the name suggests- a grown man simply refusing to be an adult. He has no aim in life, is immature and attention-seeking, and knows nothing about being responsible. Our desi man-child is also probably afraid of commitment and doesn’t really want to settle down with a single…

‘A Beautiful Mind’ and its justice to the portrayal of mental health in mainstream media

By: Aditi Sharma Depictions of psychological sickness are common in the media, and studies show that they adversely impact public insight while supporting the disgrace (Pirkis, Blood, Francis, and McCallum, 2006). Portrayals in the mainstream media and news media associate to shape general mentalities by mirroring them.  It’s getting progressively more normal for Hollywood to…

Makeover Trope

By: Dania Santhosh Before going out to party, it’s a given that we dress up. If friends are getting ready together there might be some makeup experiments. Trying on something new is not necessarily bad; if it provides you with some confidence, go ahead with it, because at the end of the day you are…

The stereotypical portrayal of Indian and other Asian Characters in Popular Films

By: Yamini Issar One of the most common opening scenes witnessed in an average teen, coming of age, drama/romantic-comedy, revolve around the protagonist as he/she gets ready for the first day of High School or a new school year, struggling with certain emotions, inhibitions, or simply hopes for this year to be less disagreeable than…