Sarthak Parashar is an alleged cinephile (even though he has neither watched Nolan or Scorcese), freelance journalist, unapologetic lover of art, and Lata Mangeshkar fanboy. The lovechild of Chanda from Anurag Kashyap's Dev D and Tara Khanna from Made in Heaven, he finds solace in films, the literature of Jhumpa Lahiri, ghazals sung by women, and gossip from r/BollyBlindsNGossip. Based in Delhi, you can find him on Instagram @curlsandmockery.
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Films like Mrs., The Great Indian Kitchen, Thappad, Dor, and more sparked widespread discussion about the value our society assigns to women’s labour and agency. Sarthak Parashar writes about how the impossible choices faced under patriarchal social obligations—in reel and real life.