Urmi Bhattacheryya is an independent journalist, formerly at The Quint, a feminist and trashy-reality-TV-watcher (like you wouldn't believe) and a reader of reads. If you ask, she'll channel her inner Bipasha Basu and tell you to do bicep curls. So don't ask. You can find her on Twitter: @UBhattacheryya or Instagram: @urmi6.

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Heroes and “Heroes”: AK VS AK and the blossoming of Meta-Cinema in Bollywood
Heroes and “Heroes”: AK VS AK and the blossoming of Meta-Cinema in Bollywood

Vikramaditya Motwane’s AK vs AK asks more questions about reel and real than any other film in recent memory. How much of real life inspires cinema? How far can cinema piggyback on what’s happening in the outside world? By Urmi Bhattacheryya

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Sita and Draupadi: The Unmaking and Remaking of India’s Mythological Heroines
Sita and Draupadi: The Unmaking and Remaking of India’s Mythological Heroines

In the comparisons between Sita and Draupadi, Urmi Bhattacheryya argues how the trope of ‘the other woman’ has hurt feminism in Indian mythology.

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Empowered Women of Indian Mythology: Sudha Murty’s THE DAUGHTER FROM A WISHING TREE
Empowered Women of Indian Mythology: Sudha Murty’s THE DAUGHTER FROM A WISHING TREE

Sudha Murty’s book is rich and empowered offering of many women, many goddesses, many warriors, and many queens, all coming together to tell you one thing: that they’re makers of their own destinies - writes Urmi Bhattacheryya

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