The Colonial Table Reserves the Right to Exclude: Dress Codes, Speech Codes, and the Postcolonial Banquet In the age-old Indian hospitality scene, where butter chicken meets British binders, a curious phenomenon flourishes—one…
Category: Culture
Similarities Between Pakistan and USA
Surprising Parallels: Observable Similarities Between Pakistan and USA It’s a provocative thought: two nations as seemingly disparate as Pakistan and the United States sharing a surprising number of observable similarities. Beyond the…
Why Indian Judiciary Fascinates British Culture’s My Lord and Tailcoat?
Unrobing the Past of My Lords: Investigating the Indian Judiciary’s Enduring Fascination with British Culture Seventy-eight years after gaining independence, the Indian legal system, particularly its judiciary, continues to exhibit a fascinating,…
One Night Stand from reel life to real life
One Night Stand: A Global Snapshot of Hook-up Culture From Hollywood Glamour to Asian Nuance From the shimmering lights of Hollywood to the bustling streets of Tokyo, the “one night stand” –…
Hollywood May Follow Down the Cliff After Urdu Cinema Bollywood:
The Disconnect Between Creators, Content, and Core Audience – With Crucial Counterpoints. Introduction For decades, Hollywood and its international counterparts have served as powerful cultural mirrors, reflecting and sometimes shaping societal norms…
Why everything has to be kadak or strong in India
Why Everything is Kadak in India Introduction Why do we Indians like everything kadak — strong, intense, bold? Kadak tea. Kadak coffee. Kadak spices. Even our arguments, politics, and cinema are kadak….
India: A destination for talking tourism
The Conversation as Destination: Talking Tourism in India Tourism in India is 4.6% of the country’s gross domestic product. Unlike other sectors, tourism is not a priority sector for the Government of…