Fresh Take

In an age of algorithms, infinite feeds and global content, no single film - not even a blockbuster - can hold India’s attention the way it once did.

In Bridgerton, Violet has always been the emotional centre — but we only start noticing her when the gaze shifts from motherhood to desirability.

Eid celebrations in India highlight how religious identity, visibility, and public space intersect, shaping belonging, scrutiny, and continuity in contemporary society.

From poems and essays to YouTube comment sections, young people raised on smartphones are mourning the simple offline childhood their parents once took for granted.

From barricade rushes in Delhi to heat chaos in Mumbai, Karan Aujla’s shows exposed a deeper issue: India can host global artists, but struggles to manage global-sized crowds.

From Spotify Wrapped to viral film clips, algorithms shape what we watch, hear and debate online. But are we discovering culture or simply being guided to it?

Baby macaque Punch’s attachment to an orangutan toy revives questions about self-soothing, attachment theory, and why adults now turn to AI for emotional comfort.

From global tech leaders to athletes and royals, why does acceptance feel easier when queerness comes wrapped in power, distance, or fame?

Parent-child bands in the alternative music scene are proving that the taste for classic rock is not skipping generations.

As our devices increasingly replace our hands, a transference of responsibility, Gen Z is turning to hobbies that require crafting, sewing, weaving, drawing and writing as an antidote.

Binge-watching isn't dead yet, but staggered releases offer a much needed breather and a space to reflect, participate in conversation and revert to a familiar ritual.

A lone penguin wandering off has the internet introspecting: what if we could just walk away?

Rang De Basanti at 20: The movie does not argue that everyone must protest, rebel or even become a martyr, but it dismantles the illusion that opting out is a permanent choice.

Stranger Things captures a pre-algorithmic intimacy, one not optimised for performance or documentation. It reminds us that friendship is about actually showing up.

Nostalgia has long influenced pop cultural trends, birthing an economy of its own, with brands that make a comeback, stars that turn Gen Z favourites, or TV show franchises that find a second wind.

We invite a machine into the private corners of our minds, expecting and wanting responses that mirror our feelings back to us

One Battle After Another wins 4 Golden Globe Awards: As Leonardo DiCaprio plays a disenchanted rebel, the film's depiction of anti-immigrant action and paramilitary resistance mirrors the present-day US, a country on the edge.

The viral memeification of Nicolas Maduro’s arrest begs a question: Are we using humour to cope with geopolitical uncertainties, or have we lost our ability to distinguish between spectacle and substance?

What is a coffee rave? An attempt to reclaim the morning or another iteration of performance culture?

If you followed Literary Twitter in its hey days, you'd know of Duchess Goldblatt and the 'kidney gate'. Cris writes about the quiet demise of the literary movement on the micro-blogging site.

As the world chases longer lifespans with anti‑ageing experiments and longevity products, it raises the question: what are we living longer for?

From digital snans to LinkedIn trauma dumps to the Coldplay-gate, Jatin Varma, founder of Comic Con India, jots down a list of things that give him second-hand embarrassment in 2025.

With viral desserts or Instagram-y décor, cafés across Mumbai vie for customer attention in December. But the appeal is not purely performative. Long queues outside season favourites are proof.

Nothing says Christmas quite like the 1990s children’s comedy Home Alone. Is it time we saw a reboot?

Music has the power to move, unite, and transcend borders — if we let it.