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Deepanjana Pal

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Feb 4, 2019

Cutty Snark: Ek Ladki Ko...Four More Shots Please

Feb 4, 2019

From lesbians being overshadowed by men to obsessed women in Mumbai, reel life is tough on the ladies.

Feb 4, 2019

Jan 21, 2019

Connecting Threads at Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Jan 21, 2019

Somehow, this ended up being 3,000-odd words. It was just supposed to be a quick overview. On the plus side, contains pictures.

Jan 21, 2019

Jan 20, 2019

Cutty Snark: "That Little Snake"

Jan 20, 2019

Simryn Gill’s Soft Tissue, Atul Dodiya’s Seven Minutes of Blackmail and the imagination.

Jan 20, 2019

Jan 7, 2019

Mary Poppins Returns/ Roma: A Tale of Two Nannies

Jan 7, 2019

Two films, two nannies, one critic. Let the analysis begin.

Jan 7, 2019

Dec 23, 2018

Cutty Snark: Zero and male privilege

Dec 23, 2018

There is a reason the new Shah Rukh Khan film is titled Zero.

Dec 23, 2018

Dec 19, 2018

"I Will Not Lose Faith in the Indian Judiciary and Democracy."

Dec 19, 2018

Remembering Tushar Joag (1966-2018).

Dec 19, 2018

Dec 9, 2018

Cutty Snark: Hopeful Monsters and Kedarnath

Dec 9, 2018

Contains opinions on Rohini Devasher’s latest exhibition, Hopeful Monsters and the film Kedarnath.

Dec 9, 2018

Dec 6, 2018

"What kind of a magpie keeps this notebook?"

Dec 6, 2018

Notes from a notebook. Contains Joan Didion, Instagram and more.

Dec 6, 2018

Nov 19, 2018

Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of JK Rowling

Nov 19, 2018

On the plus side, there are baby nifflers.

Nov 19, 2018

Nov 13, 2018

Shock to the System

Nov 13, 2018

Learn from Jamie, gentlemen. Or why we all deserve better than a dick pic.

Nov 13, 2018

short stories

"The satiny material of her burkha shone where it caught the sunlight. It stretched, dipped, billowed and moulded against her body because of the wind. The magnifying glass inched down her form, past the arc of her covered head, along the fluid lines of wind-puffed material. Hadpude didn’t blink. He just looked. His eyes travelled from head to toe, from photo to photo."