Liberal Savarna ecosystem - media, activists, lawyers, intellectuals - can follow a Dalit leader and chant Jai Bhim after him. That's a happy sight. I'll like to see though what happens when Dipke talks about atrocities and reservation someday. Everybody loves a non-Dalit Dalit.
Watched The Blood of Hussain (1980) and it’s one of the greatest political films I’ve seen imo. Pakistani allegorical retelling of the tragedy of the Battle of Karbala, rising up against the oppressive feudal structures of Pakistan and the military dictatorship and it’s very
Golden blossoms of the Amaltas tree, seen inside New Delhi's Crafts Museum complex.
Standing under this tree feels like being encompassed by a dome of soft, golden light.
Non spoiler reviews:
Rotting in the Sun - absurdist and dark but v funny. Good with subs but best if you speak Spanish
Stranger by the Lake - The best gay thriller ever made
Twinless - Fantastic twist—incredibly engaging
The Living End - Culturally important. Avant-garde.
Sad that raghav chadha had to step down before he could raise the very important issue of how 1 packet of maggi is too little and 2 packets is too much