date1 /deɪt/ noun 1. the day of the month or year as specified by a number. “What’s the date today?” 2. a social or romantic appointment or engagement. Context: Some ten years ago, I remember staring at that dictionary definition for fifteen minutes straight before I got myself to go ask her out. For the purposes of…
Why they hate the HIMYM Ending, and I don’t.
Do you know why so many people were mad about the ending of How I Met Your Mother? Putting aside the fact that the show lost most of its inherent momentum in the later seasons, it’s because after years of following Ted Mosby’s life, most viewers wanted him to move on from the person he…
13 Reasons Why: Season 2 Review (Spoiler-free)
The sophomore outing of Netflix’s divisive teen drama, 13 Reasons Why is here. Last year, the show found itself in the midst of controversies particularly targeting its modus operandi of romanticising and sensationalising teenage suicide. Either incredibly bold, or tremendously irresponsible – the show’s approach of involving rape, bullying, slut-shaming & depression as subplots amidst…
Protected: She fades away, everyday.
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Mumbai: Twenty Million Heartbeats
Hey Mumbai. It’s been almost 22 years. I know we don’t see each other quite often these days. I know I only get a handful number of days a year to spend with you, but guess what – nothing’s changed. I still love sitting for hours on Marine Drive and just peacefully taking trips down…
“The Robin”
I always believed that life was an amalgam of millions of crazy little moments. Those long walks, the late night chat sessions, that first candlelit dinner, those cheesy melodramatic gestures, the old school love letters, the first kiss & the subsequent sweet slide into utter mindlessness, and of course – the first midnight dance in…
Star Wars: Why & How to Watch?
Four decades. Non-fanatics are still astounded by the fact that a sci-fi trilogy of the late 70s made using tacky special effects, rubber puppets, miniature starships and what not, went on to become such a big cultural phenomenon with millions of ardent followers. Not kidding, there are people who literally live & breathe Star Wars…
Dunkirk: Review (Spoiler-free)
With his tenth feature film, writer-director Christopher Nolan mostly breaks away from his traditional roots and plunges his audience in what seems to be a rather intense and unprecedented depiction of the sheer brutality and palpable turmoil experienced by the NAF soldiers during 1940’s Operation Dynamo. This was where a miraculous rescue mission was attempted…
Digital Painting: Mumbai, on the other side.
On the other side of those tinted glass windows of my car, stood a boy who grew up on the pavement. I’d be sitting in my car while he’d knock from the other side every single day, and in my mind I would end up forming a picaresque tale about this young man’s escapades since birth….
Campus Faces Manipal: Digital Paintings
As most of you know, I started my #CampusFacesManipal series a few weeks back, where I started making digital paintings of people around the campus – be it students, faculty or alumni – to work on my graphic art skills. It’s been going great so far, and I’m still taking requests. Do like/follow my page P. Prabhakar and drop me a…
Harry Potter Tribute Series
Fellow Potterheads & Non-Potterheads as well, I put myself through a 24 hour challenge to design artwork for all 7 titles in the Harry Potter saga on my page – yep, digital paintings/artwork that try to recapture the magic of the widely loved phenomenon. It came out way better than I was expecting, so do check it out and…
Deadpool: Manipal Chronicles
Once I was sitting with our honourable college director, Dr. G.K Prabhu for a casual chat in his office, and he asked me something that a lot of people had been pestering me to find out. How did I come up with the idea for this rather crazy series, and why did I chose a…
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