Nirbhaya
Must Watch Plays For Theatre-Lovers
Theatre is not just a form of entertainment but also a means to educate and make audiences think about the society they live in. The Indian theatre scene has seen a growing number of people willing to watch and indulge in plays over the years. Here is a list of plays you must watch. (As per reports in The Better India) Nirbhaya: Produced after the December 2012 Nirbhaya incident that shocked the country and let to protests around India, the play, directed by Yael Farber, brings a stellar cast of actors, many of whom have themselves faced sexual abuse at some point in | Click Here...
Evergreen Indian Plays One Must Watch
The origins of the Indian theatre industry can be traced all the way back to the times of Alexander The Great. In these five thousand years, there have obviously been uncountable plays in various formats. Out of these, however, there have been a handful of plays which are so mind-blowingly good and ahead of their time that any person – theatre lover or not – should watch them even today. Here are three such evergreen Indian plays that you should definitely catch as soon as their next show is listed! 1. Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe: Written by Vijay Tendulkar | Click Here...
Review of Netflix’s Delhi Crime – Unbridled and unrelenting – the untold story behind the most brutal crime Delhi has ever seen
16 December, 2012. This day in our recent past is imprinted on the collective conscience of the country as a whole and Delhi in particular. It is an ugly scar on the psyche of every Indian – unfading, undiminishing, indelible. It was the day when the human race plummeted to a new low in demonstrating the savagery it was capable of. It was the day when India lost the right to look the world in the eye. It was the day when New Delhi, seeking to establish its dominance in world politics, gained dominance as the ‘Rape Capital of the World’ instead. 16 December 2012 was the d | Click Here...
Netflix’s Delhi Crime based on Nirbhaya’s gruesome rape and murder case
Netflix's latest release Delhi Crime, a take on a horrifying story of rape and murder that shook the nation in 2012. The seven-episode series directed by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta is based on the real-life Nirbhaya case, in which a medical student was allegedly assaulted and killed by five men and a teenager on a bus in New Delhi It still sends a chill down the spine when one remembers the details of the gruesome gang rape. The series delves into how police investigates the case and gets hold of Nirbhaya's culprits. Delhi Crime provides important insights into Delhi | Click Here...
Sushant Singh opposes death penalty for rapists of victims below 12 years
Sushant Singh, anchor of the just-wrapped-up, long-running crime show, Savdhaan India, is not in favor of the new law prescribing death penalty for those who rape girls below 12 years of age. “We already have a lot of laws to deal with all crimes, including rape and murder. There is no empirical evidence to show that quantum of punishment really serves as a deterrent. What we really need is speedy investigations and time-bound trials, resulting in convictions. If the cops fail to file the chargesheet in the stipulated timeframe, they need to be hauled over the coals as well. These | Click Here...
Mohit Mattoo’s poetic video ‘Hang the Rapist’ garners huge response
Actor turned poet Mohit Mattoo’s angst against rape is very clearly seen in his musical representation, ‘Hang the Rapist’ which recently went viral!! It’s not a surprise that a celebrated poet of his stature paid tribute to India’s daughter, Jyoti Singh aka Nirbhaya. Speaking to Indianwikimedia.com, Mohit expressed his thoughts, “Hang the Rapist went viral and in just three days, has garnered nearly a lakh of views and about thousand shares. I just posted it on my personal FB page out of my angst against rape. Woman needs to be respected, for she has the right to c | Click Here...