Hardeep Pathak

Us & Them: The Nature-Culture divide

Realizations on how unnervingly important it is for me to not blindly give in to the culture in order to stay high on (in) life! I am not the socio-cultural space that ‘they’ provide me! I am turbulent, free-flowing; with many more dimensions… I am not gonna be among the …

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Do we really live in the land of Khajuraho & Kamasutra?

(Rhetorical question intended) A plethora of young people have been openly opposing the recent porn ban in India. But do we actually get to have a voice? (Pun intended) Don’t talk about it, don’t even watch it. How do you expect Indians to know anything about what Lord Krishna regarded …

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Star Trip #1: Birth to Youth

Where are stars born? Stars are born in Stellar Nurseries which are basically huge clouds of gas & dust. Light cannot penetrate the stellar nurseries & we do not know what exactly happens there. But there is some information that is being given to the stars here before they are …

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Dissecting Experimental Cinema #1: Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run (1998), Rotten Tomatoes – 93%; IMDb – 7.8/10 Director: Tom Tykwer Chapter 1: Background Run Lola Run is a German movie released in 1998. The movie is essentially a 20-minute sequence in the life of the protagonist ‘Lola’. Lola receives a call from his boyfriend Manni who …

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