On Parasite and Existentialism: July 2025
Analyzing Parasite through the lens of Existentialism Existentialists believe we are born into existence and form our identities through our choices and actions. According to them, the world is meaningless, and human beings must confront the anxiety and absurdity that come with this realization. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a stark commentary on the alienation that…
Films and Popular Culture: March 2025
Editorial: Gita Viswanath The scorching heat is back and what better time to stay indoors and read! In this special issue of Parcham Online on the theme of “Roads,” I am happy to present an insightful essay by Nalla Dilip Kumar on a cinematic adaptation of a Telugu novel, Mrs. Paramkusham by Malladi Venkata Krishna…
August’24 : Films and Pop Culture
Editorial by Gita Viswanath It is with great pleasure that I write this note as the newly appointed editor of the film section of Parcham Online. Ever since the institutionalization of film studies by University departments around the 1990s in India, academic interest in cinema has grown by leaps and bounds. The interest has translated…
Spring Issue: On Films and Pop-Culture
Seven Scraps on Fiction by Tanuj Solanki Piali Bose on Tarun Majumdar’s Ekhane Pinjar Pragyan Mohanty on Firoze Chinoy’s pulpy films Dr. Susmita Dasgupta on South spectacles in the Modi era Seven Scraps on Fiction in Literature, Cinema, and Dreams Tanuj Solanki 1. The difference is basic, and it starts with “I.” Natural for literature.…
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