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    Rummana Ahmed

    Rummana Ahmed

  • Master Chef Australia’s Ben Ungermann gives Bengaluru a taste of his ice cream

    When Ben Ungermann lost at the MasterChef Australia final last season, fans accused the judges of “orchestrating” the result. The result had come down to one point and the dramatic finale also had Ben slicing his finger while preparing a dish. Ben has already been to Japan, England, Holland, South Africa, Indonesia as part of the tour and is headed next to Thailand.

  • When will Indian women see 'achhe din'?

    A country that wants to be counted among the top developing nations of the world cannot make do with mere lip service on the issue of women safety.

  • Child rape/prostitution: Here's what must be done to punish 'customers'

    Remember the curious case of the ‘feeble no’, or the usual attempts of defense lawyers to question the ‘character’ of the victim – sometimes using terms like ‘she was habituated to sex’ to defend the crime. Why should a person’s sexual history be the focus of a probe in a case of sexual harassment or rape? Most disturbingly, as in the Kathua case, the identity of the child is splashed across newspapers and social media – in total violation of the law that forbids the revelation of the identity of a child rape victim.

  • You think POCSO can curb child sexual abuse? Think again

    While we continue to debate the merits of death penalty for child rapists that was approved by the Union Cabinet on April 21, 2018 and got the President’s nod a day after, there is a need to focus on the increasing number of sexual abuse cases against minors. Karnataka reported an increase in POCSO cases, according to National Crime Records Bureau data, from 620 in 2014 to 1,480 in 2015 and 1,827 in 2016. The state recorded the fourth highest number of POCSO cases in the country.

  • Living in ‘extreme’ India – A view from the ‘other’ side

    For a few years now, growing intolerance, ultra nationalism and Islamophobia have dominated public discourse in India. The current notion is that India, a country that enshrines secularism in its Constitution, is now, at a certain level, almost justifying the majoritarian rhetoric. Are fears that this country is steadily progressing towards being a Hindu Rashtra alarmist in nature?

  • Year In Review 2016: Top Hindi Films of the Year

    This was rather average year for mainstream Hindi films. The ones we hoped would be blockbusters failed to set the cash registers ringing, while smaller projects left an indelible mark on viewers. The Khans continued to rule the roost as Fan (Shah Rukh Khan), Sultan (Salman Khan) and Dangal (Aamir Khan) are still the biggest films of the year, while Akshay Kumar moved from strength to strength with two incredible portrayals in Airlift and Rustom. Smaller films with solid plots also reiterated the point that there is no substitute for good writing.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Any Body Can Dance 2

    Yes, it is a dance film but unlike in a dance reality show or a dance DVD, in a film we need the semblance of a plot.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Dil Dhadakne Do

    Zoya Akhtar has done it again. Armed with a mastery over storytelling, she uses a scalpel and dissects the superficiality of relationships.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Tanu Weds Manu Returns

    Watch ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’, it will definitely make you laugh out loud for the most part. This is one sexy swagger by Kangana.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Bombay Velvet

    My first reaction to ‘Bombay Velvet’ – this is not an Anurag Kashyap film. This film panders to the diktats of a typical Bollywood film, something that Kashyap mocked and had complete disdain for.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Gabbar Is Back

    Akshay Kumar in ‘Gabbar Is Back’ plays to the gallery and therefore, effortlessly gets the audience to cheer and whistle for him. They get their bang for the buck – typical Bollywood-style masala dialogues, full-on action and a superfluous item number thrown in to cater to our mass audience.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

    Detective Byomkesh Bakshy despite the sluggish pace makes for an engrossing watch.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: NH 10

    'NH 10' reeks of confused storytelling. Is it just a road film meant to deliver the thrills? Or is it addressing a larger issue – an implicit patriarchal society where misogyny is a way of life? The director of NH 10 picks up a topic of relevance but fails to contextualize it.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Dum Laga Ke Haisha

    Dum Laga Ke Haisha continuously makes you smile. This is a film with a big heart and you’ll also love watching this one for the kind of nostalgia it evokes.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Badlapur

    It’s violent, it’s disturbing, it’s stifling, but it is also bloody brilliant. Sriram Raghavan has crafted his characters with care, highlighting how grey each character is: there is no place for the black and white in this film. Who do you sympathise with? Who is the real victim?

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Roy

    I never thought that I would say this about a Ranbir Kapoor film, but Roy is an excruciatingly boring film. Nothing, absolutely nothing, seems to break the monotony of the narrative.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Khamoshiyan

    There’s very little to say about ‘Khamoshiyan’ – it has silenced me into a kind of horrific disbelief that its makers would have found entirely unintended. How long before we are able to even attempt a reworking of our horror flicks?

  • Yahoo Movies Review: Baby

    ‘Baby’ makes for an engrossing watch because the filmmakers are not interested in making a social commentary. The film deals with a definite conflict, backs it up with a coherent plot trajectory and delivers a compelling resolution.

  • Yahoo Movies Review: PK

    Having said that, ‘PK’ is definitely a must-watch, the film raises many pertinent questions.

  • Shah Rukh Khan roughed up by 'Mannat' security personnel

    Before all you readers out there gasp in shock or rub their eyes in disbelief at what you just read, let us assure you that the situation was planned as per the script of Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film Fan.