This article is an examination of Devarakonda’s two movies, Geetha Govindam and Arjun Reddy, that which seems to have taken over South India by a wave in its so-called ‘romance’. They are claimed as the bold experiments of the actor in choosing such radically different movies. But…when you distill the essence of these two characters, they’re not antithesis (as claimed) of one another but just different personas of the same archetype of Indian men…patriarchal, misogynistic, and entitled. Here’s why these movies should jolt you.
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Now, as a person who hops around museum and takes her own time like nobody’s business, I went in armed with my watercolors and ink, but also my new iPad for digital sketching to experience museums the way I do- alone, and over a long period of time. I have to be honest that despite me processing and internalizing that exhibit in ways I know best (museum visual note-taking and drawing!), I left the place feeling extremely heavy.
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I asked women to share the ‘little’ things they do every day to protect themselves from sexual harassment on the streets of India (and the world) and share their #MeToo stories. I then researched the sh*t out of it.
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