Aditya Mani Jha

Column | Why we must listen to podcast ‘Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)‘

Most pop culture enthusiasts are familiar with the origins of the phrase ‘15 minutes of fame’. It’s ...

entertainment | 1 month ago

Column | Workplace friction and Disney+Hotstar’s ‘Hardly Working’

Disney+Hotstar recently released a pre-taped comedy special called Hardly Working by Naukri (sponsor...

entertainment | 2 months ago

Column | The problem with David E. Kelley’s Presumed Innocent

Watching Presumed Innocent, David E. Kelley’s new legal drama for Apple TV+, has brought up complica...

entertainment | 3 months ago

Pop culture and the Rubik’s Cube as a metaphor for love, life and everything in between

Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) was perhaps the most recognisable geek archetype...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Column | This new audiobook of George Orwell’s 1984 is a great starting point for beginners

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles (who would go on to write, direct and star in Citizen Kane, one of...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Column | This new audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 is a great starting point for beginners

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles (who would go on to write, direct and star in Citizen Kane, one of...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Parallels with Frankenstein

One of my favourite James Bond sequences in recent times is the interrogation scene from Sam Mendes’...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Column | Podcast ‘A Muslim and a Jew Go There’ is a fine lesson in the art of disagreement

One of the things that has fallen by the wayside in Indian politics over the last decade or so is th...

entertainment | 5 months ago