The movie begins with the end of a court trial, when the entire case is laid down for the jury members to decide. Amongst many, a remarkable aspect was that there were twelve jury members, apart from the sitting judge.
The story takes place in Gilead, where the birth rate has dropped sharply. Women with childbearing potential were selected as “handmaidens,” deprived of all freedom. After being re-educated, they were replaced with new names and uniforms and were assigned to families in power. Among them, they serve as a bridging bridge for couples. The protagonist…
The movie Earth is directed by Deepa Mehta and is based on the novel Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa. It is based on partition history and is looked at through the narration of an innocent 8-year-old Parsi girl living in Lahore named Lenny however, it was later revealed that it is the future and older…
In her book, Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire, Ira Mukhoty unravels the lives of the Mughal women who were often behind the scenes and played an essential role in shaping the history of the Mughal Empire. The institution of marriage, duties of a wife and mother, and the…
“Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.” W.J. Cameron Logically the way a human brain works, ideas come first, and their expressions come later, and people can think of unique ideas which are so creative and new, that not anyone can think of them. Some ideas could even be…
How easy is it to label something as ‘liberal’ or ‘regressive’? Mostly, it isn’t as black and white as one hope. The whole phenomenon is quite grey and is tangled with contradictions. The Indian Canadian writer and director Nisha Pahuja explores these ironies in her critically acclaimed documentary ‘The World before Her’. The documentary follows…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
Natha chooses to commit suicide to receive compensation from the farmers. However, when the politicians and the media learn of his plans, they depart on their village to document the once-in-a-lifetime event. This line says it all. This film was released in the year 2010 under the production of Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao and…
PLOT AND THE ESSENCE OF DISCRIMINATION In the movie, Andrew Beckett, a successful lawyer, conceals his sexual orientation and HIV status from the senior partners at Wyant & Wheeler, the law firm where he works. When he is promoted to Senior Associate, he was given a very important case. He left some important documents of…
Despite its common usage and perception, what corruption means is surely enigmatic. Corruption is more like a multi-focal, multivariate and mutli-dimensional eternity of socio-political system. Dictionary meaning of corruption implies deviation from the expected or ideal form; it is all about dishonest, illegal or immoral act or behaviour especially of someone having power. Concise Oxford…
