Cinephile

This part of the blog caters to the introvert who watch movies with a laptop on his belly

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? The straight road illusion

I’d be a millionaire if I had a penny for each time I heard this question. Interviews, casual conversations with elders, drunk rambles with friends and job posting questionaries owe this million dollars. Superfictionaly, the question seems simple – a target we align ourselves with ambition and determination. The goal to keep us from slacking…

Ford Ikon: the white American who stole my heart

As infants take their first steps and utter their first words, doting grandparents steeped in superstition cherish every milestone, interpreting each movement and sound as a sign of destiny unfolding. One superstitious belief was that I would be an engineer like my dad because my first word was ‘Caaa’, a bad attempt at the word…

The Indian brother: a Relentless hypocrite

Misogyny is not an alien concept to the world. As humankind evolved, we devolved in our understanding of women. We assumed women wouldn’t be able-bodied by mere physical attributes such as having smaller muscles or slower feet, and superposed these conformations onto their mental capacities. India was not immune to these ideologies (much like the…