Thought Box

RETROSCOPE: HIS ENDURING LEGACY IN BENGALI CINEMA

Celebrating the quiet brilliance of Anup Kumar—Bengali cinema’s everyman—on his birth anniversary. A master of nuance, humour, and emotional depth, his legac...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGES BUILT THROUGH LITERARY DIALOGUE

The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival debuts in Oxford, uniting voices from India and the UK in a celebration of literature, heritage, ecology, and dialogue amid a time of glo...

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BUSINESS: ENTERTAINMENT HIJACKS SALES IN ADVILLE

A sharp look at how advertising today prioritizes entertainment over sales, sparking debate on creativity, strategy, and real business impact. Has the Big ‘E’ Over...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THROUGH A MASTER’S LENS

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the celebrated lensman, Rafique Sayed, on the vital essence of photography, on his predilection for black & white images, and on the lo...

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BUSINESS: IS BRANDING YESTERDAY? PASSE? DEAD?

A Radical Take on Branding: Monojit Lahiri endeavours to unravel a new-age, revolutionary, path-breaking philosophy put forth by an ad guru that puts the age-old and much-reve...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: ABOUT PSYCHOANALYTIC MOTIFS

  Devdutt Trivedi critiques David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future (2022), exposing its reliance on symbolic structures that fall short of embodying psychological and p...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES DIVIDE, YET ALSO UNITE

In a media landscape divided by class and culture, two Indian shows—The Royals and Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar—reveal how fiction can both mirror and bridge a fractured y...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE BIG WORLD OF PRAVESH SIPPY

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Pravesh Sippy on changing lanes from the big-budget films of his father N.N. Sippy, iconic producer and distributor, to making independent ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REMEMBERING RITUPARNO

Gone but forever remembered is Bengal’s – and India’s – late and classy filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. On his 12th death anniversary, Monojit Lahiri does a...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: REIMAGINING TAGORE – INTIMACY & IDEOLOGY

A bold theatrical reimagining of Tagore’s Ghare Baire, Ghar Aur Bahar explores the fraught intersections of love, ideology, and identity with nuance, restraint, and emot...

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THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Hindi theatrical adaptation of three...

May 11 2026

DAADI KI SHADI REVIEW ANALYSIS

Arnab Banerjee reviews Daadi Ki Shadi, examining its progressive premise, hesitant story...

May 10 2026