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Aqua Short Film Review: Water Horror boils down to the Basics

The short film Aqua released on Aha set in the post-lockdown era lurks around mishaps, bizarre thoughts and sheer ignorance. Director: Ajay Nag Writer : Ajay & Sandeep Angadi Cast: Anitha Chowdary, Uttam, Boddepalli Abhishek Streaming Platform: Aha  The pandemic has left many of us in the unforeseen conditions. From cribbing to having been caged in the house till completely altered daily routines, we all have battled through the lockdown in our own way. With the unlock happening phase wise, restrictions are lifted bit by bit. But do we still have the intimidating effect of Lockdown upon us? Seeing the recent Aha release Aqua , one can agree to it.  The twelve minute long short film is set in the post-lockdown era lurking around inculcating unhealthy routines amid lockdown. The film has a horror backdrop to symbolise the daunting fear and seriousness around one’s safety of life in these uncertain times. It delves into the psyche of the human mind in the moments of phys
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‘Heroes’ being NOT so Heroic

  A wave of change in the male protagonist’s narrative gives a room for fresh storytelling in the Telugu Film Fraternity.  For ages, the films in the down south have had a stereotypical outlook with a mainstream “Heroic” characterisation of the male protagonist in the films. The character design of such hero-centric cinema usually depicts masculinity, deep-rooted patriarchy and “Hero” acts as the torch-bearing saviour of the storyline. From breaking randomly into songs till solving the conflict of the story, the Telugu ‘Heroes’ have done it all. The Hero of the film is usually portrayed to be idealistic and his flaws or demeaning behaviour is covered by humour, largely. This conveys an intended glorification of the character and sets the cinematic tone for the protagonist, lying far away from reality. Yet what connects the audience is mostly entertainment, emo-comic punchlines and grandeur  elevation shots in the film.  This design of the character for the Heroes somewhere led to a mon

The Birth

From the archives - 28th August 2017, 6:00 PM. In the early summer mornings of 1990, there slept a couple in their mansion with high hopes for the coming days in life. The lady woke up, it was around quarter to 6, with great efforts she made to put herself along with the very important 9 months old fetus in her womb, out of the bed. Her sixth sense that this was the day but her body didn’t give any signs of birthday. Having this thought she slowly walked towards the washroom carrying the healthy body and rested herself there. Refreshing herself she stood in front of the vanity fixed in the corner of their bedroom. The man of the house woke up, rubbing his sleepy eyes embraced the dear lady from behind and greeted good morning, with a kiss on her forehead, to both the souls in one body. He covered her with a satin robe to protect her from the externals while they would go out for a morning walk. The couple sat down on the balcony enjoying the pleasant colorful summer. The husband serves

Dabba Kathalu!! - Nostalgic visit via a Millennial's Narrative

" Nostalgia - This is my way of escaping the chaos for a while . "  ~ Avinash Machiraju  The Moment of Discovery of my Happiness I was stressed and upset over quite a few things happening in my life and that's when I happen to notice this amazing podcast on the Instagram Page of ChaiBisket. Being attracted by the poster of the podcast - Dabba Kathalu , I plugged in the earplugs, closed my eyes and began to listen relaxing in my armchair - The first story, that I heard, Birthday in School ~ Meerante Unnollu ra (31st episode of the podcast). It just took me back into my childhood days. I had a tour visit of all the childhood memories flashing across my mind as I heard the narration of the podcast told either as a story or in bits of incidents. As the podcast finished I had a smile on my face because it made me relive those childhood memories in my adulthood. I felt happy, genuinely very happy and realized how good our lives were. Hence, I scrolled through the ChaiBisket pag

'The Lady with the Lamp' - Relevance in 2020 Pandemic Crisis

" Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see               Pass through the glimmering of gloom               And flit from room to room. "  ~ Santa Filomena  , poem written by Henry Wodsworth Longfellow.  On the 200th Birth Anniversary of Florence Nightingale, famously addressed as the "Lady with the Lamp", International Nurses Day is commemorated on 12th May every year. This is a tribute to the entire nursing fraternity in the healthcare sector. In most of the countries, women largely account for the front-line healthcare workers as nurses and midwives. In India, Kerala state is known for producing the highest number of professional nurses for the country and even abroad. By definition,  Nursing   encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people.  (Sou

Monoclonal Antibodies, a 'Potential Breakthrough' for SARS-CoV-2 Treatment: A Molecular Insight.

" If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of the Giants. "  ~ Issac Newton A lot of research work and articles on treatment techniques, vaccine development and drug discovery has been on the global news off late since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus. Some of them are pretty famous now, namely, Plasma Technology, Stem Cell Therapy, usage of drugs like Hydroxylcholoroquine, RNA Vaccine, etc. All of them are extremely great research outputs which are experimented and significantly developed in a short span of time. Yet out of all of these, the one, most recent method of treatment that I felt is striking and has the potential to render promising results is Human Monoclonal Antibodies produced from Hybridoma Technology, used to cure and detect the SARS-CoV-2. This article primarily aims to sum up this antibody producing technology based on the recent findings to cure SARS-CoV2 infection in a much simpler way. Let's dive into the basics of biology relate

What's Wrong Conditioning doing to Us?

" I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did but people will never forget  how you made them feel. " ~ Maya Angelou Waking up to a scandal on the internet on how people treat other human beings is one of the worst ways to make you feel early in the morning and in what kind of a place are you even existing. If you're wondering what I am talking about - it's the "Bois Locker Room" Instagram scandal that broke on the internet, precisely, Twitter, on 3rd May 2020. To know more about it -  Bois Locker Room Scandal - Quint   So, why is it that a group of young chaps, who are not even complete adults talking so disgusting about women? Why are they being so obsessed? Why is their thought process downtrodden in spite of coming from a background of high society families that have access to good education? They are privileged and civilized enough to know and educate themselves to be a better person with all the opportunity at

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