A Family Lost in the Fires of Communal Hatred

5

Reviewed Parzania

Parzania(2007), directed by Rahul Dholakia, is a deeply moving and courageous film that confronts the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom through an intensely read more...

P(l)andemic as Propaganda

1

Reviewed The Vaccine War

The Vaccine War(2023) is less a film and more a politically motivated audiovisual manifesto that exploits the COVID-19 pandemic to advance BJP-aligned narrativeread more...

Tamas: A Necessary Book for Uncomfortable Times

5

Reviewed Tamas - Bhisham Sahni

Bhisham Sahnis Tamas is not just a novel about the Partition of India; it is a moral document. Written with restraint, clarity, and deep human concern, Tamas exread more...

The Taj Story: Erasing History

1

Reviewed The Taj Story

The Taj Story is not a serious courtroom drama—it is a cinematic extension of the BJP’s ongoing project of historical revisionism. Disguised as a search for “trread more...

Tejas: Ideology Over Art

1

Reviewed Tejas

I went in expecting a competent patriotic action filmperhaps even a genuinely empowering story about a woman fighter pilot. What I got instead was Tejas: a loudread more...

Weaponized Patriotism Disguised as Cinema

1

Reviewed URI The Surgical Strike

Uri: The Surgical Strike does not attempt to tell a nuanced or even credible story. Instead, it operates as a cinematic press release, flattening a complex(and read more...

SBI: The Corporate Cash Cow Funded by Citizens

1

Reviewed State Bank Of India

State Bank of India was once the bank of the ordinary Indian. Today, it feels more like the bank of Indias corporate royalty, with the rest of us paying the priread more...

LIC: From Public Trust to Political Football

1

Reviewed LIC Life Insurance

LICs journey from a trusted public institution to a politically entangled, market-driven entity has been deeply unsettling, especially since its listing on May read more...

Shaktikanta Das: RBI Autonomy Eroded

1

Reviewed Reserve Bank Of India

1. A Politically Convenient Appointee, Not an Independent Custodian

Piramal Foundation's Philanthro-Capitalism

1

Reviewed Piramal Foundation

Ajay Piramals public image, curated through the compassionate facade of the Piramal Foundation, Sarvajal water ATMs, and community health centers, stands in staread more...

Campa Cola: Nostalgia as a Weapon of Extraction

1

Reviewed Campa Cola

Campa Colas flashy Indian comeback is sold as nostalgia and national pride, but beyond the packaging it functions like an engineered thirst-loop. The first sip read more...

Piramal Finance: The Empire of Allegations

1

Reviewed Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

Behind Piramal Finances polished facade of trust, innovation, and relentless self-branding lies a long, uneasy trail of allegations one that maps not corporate read more...

Caveat Emptor Buyers Beware!

1

Reviewed Piramal Aranya - Byculla - Mumbai

Piramal Realtys shimmering advertisements may promise luxury, legacy, and lifestyle, but beneath this gloss lies a disturbing ecological and ethical reality. Maread more...

Heritage Brand or Hidden Hazard?

1

Reviewed Piramal Pharma

Piramal Pharma’s Sloan’s markets itself as a time-honoured joint pain remedy, but dig deeper and it unravels: an irrational fixed-dose mix of counter-read more...

"Free Cancellation" but deducting refund amount

1

Issue Resolved

Brand-aid! The problem has been fixed. Happy Ending.

Reviewed Makemytrip

I booked a train ticket at MMT on 1st June but immediately cancelled it due to waitlisted status of the ticket. Full refund was promised on the website but Nearread more...

An Appeal from distressed FD Holders of DHFL

1

Reviewed Dewan Housing Finance Corporation

We, the FD holders as well as our relatives and friends, claim to recover the hard-earned money invested at the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited(DHFL) read more...

LICI the great deceiver

1

Reviewed Licindia

At the moment of attending "legitimate adult status", LIC spontaneously sent me the following messages. These(screenshots of the SMSs attached below) were the fread more...