Does India Read? Do Indians Read?
And if they do what do they read?
Well, India is slowly getting into the habit of reading books! And a lot of them have been enjoying reading books. But, this India that I am talking about is not the one that is into literature books. But, a new emerging audience of readers is discovering reading books is not for the joy of it. But, to improve my English speaking skills, Vocabulary and diction. These readers are the ones who make up the large population that we have. But again are we growing in numbers? Who enjoy reading Mythology, Romance, and Young Adult books. The authors who have successfully managed to capture their audience are the likes of Chetan Bhagat, Preeti Shenoy, Durjoy Datta, Ravinder Singh, Anuja Chauhan, and Robin Sharma to name a few…Others like Amrish Tripathi and Devdutt Patnaik are Gaining popularity amongst new readers who are interested in reading books.
But, what are the avid literary Indian readers reading today?
They are the ones who like reading Amitav Ghosh, Sudha Murthy, Chitra Banerjee, Arvind Adiga, and Arundhati Roy, which are some of the books which the other Indian audiences are reading.
But, the positive side of the reader reading in India is they have started reading books of Indian authors from India.
Tag: Netflix
Rise of Latin American, Asian and European Content
Ever since Ott platforms have made their way into India, The content option to choose from is huge, You have American Movies, Series to choose from, You have British content to choose and you have the rise of K-Drama, Yakuza’s from Japan to choose from and you have rising options from Latin America and Europe to choose from.
When you have so much choice ,You observe the stories coming from these countries, you notice
Most of the American shows are only highlighting – Race, Identity , law, Super hero’s and supernatural power . A lot of the series are about colour people’s struggle and identity.
British series are all about the Royal family and politics. Series like Crown, Bridgeton, Peaky Blinders.
The content from Korea is all about Escaping, boundaries, Technology and Social Media, Topics which are more current and appealing.
Japan series are all about their food and the relationship with their loved ones, loneliness and storytelling.
Latin America series are all about powerful families and their secrets, Mafia and hunger to control their identity.
European series are about Murders in Scandinavian countries, Cult leader following and humanity with adaption like Man called Otto and Anxious People.
Indian content is also more dominant with the D-world, Gangster control, Corruption and Scams.
Australian series, haven’t made a mark on the platform besides their popular show like Masterchef and food shows. When it comes to fiction. They do have a lot of shows on Politics and the system. Secret City & Stateless as two interesting series.
But, yet when it comes we don’t experiment with the content we stream. We would still watch only American & British and often complain, for it’s lack of interesting stories.
Today, we have a variety of global content to choose from and we still choose the same stories, What makes us avoid experimenting, We are anyways being charged for the month and year, we wouldn’t be paying extra if we shift our content preferences to experiment.
If we don’t experiment with content, We would have makers making the same thing that has a set formula that they believe works globally. But does it work?
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Open Book By Kubbra Sait – Book Review
I rarely pick up and read books written by celebrities from India. Because you read so much about them in the media.That you feel you know them.
But, the open book was something that I was inclined toward because it’s written by an entertainer who became an overnight success post the release of India’s First global series Sacred Games and played a challenging character for her first performance. Yes! Cuckoo! From Sacred Games has written a book.
It’s about the obstacles she faced growing up as an individual, introvert and a girl who was mostly a misfit until she found herself.
Kubbra Sait is completely unfiltered and honest in this open Book.
The Book has twenty-odd chapters each describing a phase of her growing years.
Thank You! For handing over a signed copy of the open book
Sharing here the book in brief chapter wise.
Chapter 1: A brief introduction to Kubbra Sait.
Chapter 2: The Change in her Personality The self-doubt one goes through during the schooling years
Chapter 3: Being open and comfortable With who you are as an individual by speaking about your inner feeling without being hesitant and shy about being honest about visiting a therapist
Chapter 4: I Don’t have daddy issue.
This is about her relationship with her father. And how she has learnt to let go.
Chapter 5: I called him my Uncle.
A chapter where she shares one of her darkest secrets. Sexual abuse by her uncle when she was in her late teens and why she kept quiet until she thought to escape…
Chapter 6:living Many lives in a lifetime.
Changing colleges, Jobs and accident-prone Sait! Microsoft, RJ and Emcee
Chapter 7: Paid To Talk
An interesting way of positioning herself as an emcee #PaidtoTalk
Chapter 8: It’s cool to not look the same.
The opportunities and making the most of everything that was coming her way!
Chapter 9: Love Actually
Relationships & Breakups and challenges that she fell in love with.
Chapter 10: I have dated Many Many Nice Men
And shares some encounters with men who became lifelong friends.
Chapter 11: City Of Dreams.
Was I even “ready” for it?
Landing the gig of her first Bollywood film and too as an actor in a Salman Khan movie Ready playing the role of a Maid.
And sharing anecdotes of her experience.
Chapter 12: In With the In-Crowd
Conversations and being part of a group and slowly finding an identity
Chapter 13: This is Hard Business
Chances and the game changer
Chapter 14: You gave us Gold
First day on the sets of Scared Games and how Cuckoo was born.
Chapter 15: When Exactly have you truly arrived?
A chapter on the success of Scared Games and how things can shift suddenly in your life.
Chapter 16: Dear Mem, Are you Youself Male, Female or Both?
The Trolling behind Cuckoo!
Chapter 17: Sibling Rivalry
A fun chapter on the relationship between Danish and her brother who is in the same profession.
Chapter 18: Cat Person
How the relationship between her Cat & her we and the celebrations of one of her Cat’s Birthday.
Chapter 19: Not Ready to be Mother Yet!
A chapter on her Diving experience and how and when he realised she was pregnant but not ready.
Chapter 20: Heaven & Hell
A chapter on her mother’s past that set Kubra’s future.
Chapter 21:I Was born to play Phara
The international debut for Apple TV series the Foundation was based on a science fiction novel by writer Isaac Asimov.
Chapter 22: Faith Takes You that Extra Mile
An experience in search of and finding oneself.
Chapter 23: searching for a Rainbow inside my Heart
The pandemic and how things weren’t the same as earlier.
Chapter 24: Why Write a Book?
Share a journey and revisit how far you have come.
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What Does a Television mean today?
What does television mean today?
When was the last time, you watched television?
Has a television just becomes another screen today?
You have started watching a new series, that everybody has been talking about.
But you don’t want to miss out!
Do you start watching it on your phone first, then continue watching on the tablet and if it’s something binge-worthy do you continue watching it on your television screen to make the most of( The Sound, The effects and the distraction to a minimum) considering the notification from social media have been distracting you now and then to the work emails.
With the Television becoming our new “Big Screen” for movies and series!
Where do the cinema theatres go?
Is going for the movies to the theatres dead? How will the cinemas survive? Will a subscription model be applied to the cinemas as well?
A subscription that allows you to watch an X number of movies in a month with some F&B to go with it.
Since we haven’t had any good films make it on the Over The OTT platform.
All the interesting looking ones are waiting for cinemas to reopen to launch it
But compared to ₹900 a Year, ₹1500 Year and ₹400 a month for mobile devices on a certain platform for family viewing.
Where do the cinemas go?
Will one be spending on the movies.
Mind you even the television seems like a dull experience with the Advertisement coming up frequently.
Where does that leave advertising? Only on News broadcasting channels? Since most of the channels have been playing older episodes today, And more new content coming up on OTT platforms with a wider range of genres and stories available.
Are we all just streaming on different screens?
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The Trial Series: Netflix
The Trial:
A Body is found on the riverfront, and a few minutes later, the main accused is arrested. But this is just the beginning of a high drama series. This Italian series is split into eight episodes. once the case is exposed, and this goes on where you realise it’s a one-sided argument, but since this is a courtroom drama, the case soon is getting Balanced, where you don’t know whether the accused will remain in prison or will be set free. This series keeps you glued until the end and makes you witness, how one manipulates evidence and facts to prove one’s innocence. This is a binge-worthy series!!
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