Tag: India

  • Homebound shows how oppression teaches us to hate ourselves

    Homebound shows how oppression teaches us to hate ourselves

    Recently, I took myself to watch Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, whose storyline I can describe as not only heartbreaking but also defiant, considering the current political climate of India.  Of course I had to watch this film, not because I heard good reviews, but because it is based on Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer’s NYT piece A…

  • Three rupees

    “1 AED = 17.63613 INR” the display board at the money exchange read.