Their Own Selves
On Bombay Begums
The Indian Express / March 2021
Email - aakshii.m@gmail.com
On Bombay Begums
The Indian Express / March 2021
Essay on Gulabo Sitabo and masculinity in Hindi cinema
Verve / December 2020
On Bulbbul
The Indian Express / July 2020
Personal essay on nostalgia, food and the South Asian Grocery store in the UK
Popula / January 2019
Personal essay on travelling solo
The Ladies Finger / July 2016
Review of Mary Kom
NewsYaps / September 2014
On Shenky who sells Hindi Cinema Posters in Daryaganj
The Big Indian Picture / May 2014
On our gendered cities, Imtiaz Ali's Highway and the possibilities of loitering
NewsYaps / May 2014
Opinion piece on television election reporting
NewsYaps / April 2014
Review of Revolver Rani
NewsYaps / April 2014
A short piece on Vikas Behal's Queen
Hardnews Magazine / April 2014
On Ektara Collective's Jaadui Machchi
IBN Live / March 2014
On R V Ramani's Hindustan Hamara, a film on Anand Patwardhan
IBN Live / March 2014
Review of Rajat Kapoor's Ankhon Dekhi
NewsYaps / March 2014
Review of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
NewsYaps / July 2014
On Surabhi Sharma's documentary Bidesia in Bambai about the Bhojpuri Music industry in Mumbai
IBN Live / February 2014
On Abhishek Chaubey's Dedh Ishqiya
NewsYaps / January 2014
Review of Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox
NewsYaps / September 2011
Review of Anup Singh's Qissa
NewsYaps / October 2013
On the 1098 Childine Helpline
Yahoo Originals / September 2013
Film Review- Shoojit Sarcar's Madras Cafe
NewsYaps / August 2013
Review of BA Pass
NewsYaps / August 2013
Comparing the women protagonists of Aiyya and English Vinglish
DNA / November 2012 / [Pdf , 90.9 KB]
Observations from a week of protests in Delhi ( December 2012)
Kafila / January 2013
On Dibakar Banerjee's film Shanghai
Hardnews Magazine / July 2012
On what is seen as a second new wave in Hindi Cinema
Hardnews Magazine / July 2012
The death of a tribal student at AIIMS uncorks an ugly epic of organized caste discrimination which starts from the top
Hardnews Magazine / April 2012
On the politics of censor certification in Hindi Cinema
Hardnews Magazine / August 2010
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