"In India, we haven't seen the kind of backlash to celeb lockdown content as we have in the west. And I think that comes from this kind of devotion and worship towards them that we see here."

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"Strangely, we're seeing this tendency to blame the individual more than the state. Like we grant the state the benefit of the doubt that they're trying their best, but are harsher towards individuals."

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"Catfishing is about human nature-- people have always chosen to hide the things that they're embarrassed by. The internet has just facilitated it to a whole new level."

"It's definitely important, especially as proof of state brutality. But I shudder when I think of the person in that violent image, and how dehumanizing it is."

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"The idea around power is central to conspiracy theories -- you don't trust what the powerful are telling you, and you have another explanation for it."

"There's definitely a gender divide in the performance of romance -- if a man does it, then he's seen as being considerate and caring. But if a woman politician were to do it, we'd see her as being weak and subservient."

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"I think in India, considering the sort of crackdown on the festival by extremist right-wing groups, and the taboo in general around premarital love and sex, choosing to go out and celebrate Valentine's Day in public is, in many cases, a revolutionary act."

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"Heckling shouldn't be legitimized for everyone. It's only valid when it's punching up, and in most cases, dissent against the State is punching up."

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"I think cancel culture is important, because it's one of the few ways in which the marginalized can express rage online when they've been wronged."