Personalities

Discussions on popular personalities like Ambedkar, Nehru, Savarkar, etc. are part of this sub-category.

Remembering Munshi Premchand at 140

Remembering Munshi Premchand at 140

[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Male” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] If we speak in the Indian context, the name that echoes inside the walls of our minds is Dhanpat Rai Shrivastav, popularly known as Munshi Premchand. Few writers have been loved in public and literary circles alike. July 31, 2020 marks his 140th birth anniversary. …

TikTok vs YouTube: Where Dhruv Rathi goes wrong

TikTok vs YouTube: Where Dhruv Rathi goes wrong

[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathi uploaded a video talking about the new YouTube versus TikTok controversy. Many people commented, expressing their surprise as the former usually talks about political and socio-economic issues. But Rathi being consistent (he also gives a second to the need for maintaining…

Zizek on COVID-19: On burnout and other crises

Zizek on COVID-19: On burnout and other crises

As a project deeming itself free of external and alien limitations, the I is now subjugating itself to internal limitations and self-constraints, which are taking the form of compulsive achievement and optimization” Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society. A society under lockdown is a prime example of stringent external limitations being imposed on people. Due to the…

Rishi Kapoor- The first chocolate boy of bollywood

Rishi Kapoor- The first chocolate boy of bollywood

[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] Rishi Kapoor was to the baby boomers and generation X, what Irrfan Khan was to the Millenials. Some of our hearts were already broken yesterday. Those that were untouched by the latter’s passing have met the same fate today. And the people who liked them…