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Jan 23, 2025 |
indianexpress.com | Tanul Thakur
I was once an H-1B worker — neither the “best” nor the “brightest”. I had failed the entrance exam for the Indian Institute of Technology. I had failed to make it to the second rung of prestigious colleges. I had failed. Like many young Indians, I wasn’t passionate about engineering. Yet, pressured by the herd, I revered technical concepts like my dharma. The thought of choice and freedom — sorry, what choice, what freedom? I had none, and it didn’t bother me.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
indianexpress.com | Tanul Thakur
I soon met with a college acquaintance — let’s call him Vishal — who had found a job at my company as an Information Technology (IT) consultant. He crashed at my place, and we commuted together. At the office, though, we ignored each other. While walking to a nearby cafe for lunch, we took different routes to maintain the charade. Because, hired by a mom-and-pop IT “body shop”, Vishal had embellished his resume with six years of experience.
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Oct 18, 2024 |
outlookindia.com | Tanul Thakur |Debanjan Dhar
Screengrab from Perfect Days Photo: IMDbScreengrab from Perfect Days Photo: IMDbWim Wenders’ Perfect Days (2023) revolves around Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a toilet cleaner content with his job and life. He spends most of his days listening to music, reading books, going to a public bath, and enjoying drinks at a local bar. Unlike the people around him, Hirayama has no greater ambitions. He seems satisfied with his job, as it can finance the subdued lifestyle he always wanted.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
shorturl.at | Tanul Thakur |Debanjan Dhar
In Steve McQueen’s sprawling Occupied City lies a constant interplay between the past and present of Amsterdam. The events recounted in the voiceover stick to the five-year span between 1940 and 1945, when the city came under the Nazi grip. At times, the juxtaposition between contemporary normalcy and past horrors strikes a disquieting blow, but mostly they veer to an imposition.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
outlookindia.com | Tanul Thakur |Debanjan Dhar
Occupied City review Photo: IMDbOccupied City review Photo: IMDbIn Steve McQueen’s sprawling Occupied City lies a constant interplay between the past and present of Amsterdam. The events recounted in the voiceover stick to the five-year span between 1940 and 1945, when the city came under the Nazi grip. At times, the juxtaposition between contemporary normalcy and past horrors strikes a disquieting blow, but mostly they veer to an imposition.
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