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FILM FESTIVALS MAKE SMALL FILMS BIG – UH-HUH!

Monojit Lahiri investigates the true meaning of these words often used in context to the Bollywood film industry: Mota Bol! Seedha Bol! Jaldi Bol!! To the general public, fil...

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Powerful People

ATUL TIWARI: MAN OF MANY PARTS!

Aparajita Krishna time-travels with writer, actor, museum designer and teacher of dramatic arts Atul Tiwari, and returns with volumes of his artistic endeavours that he shares...

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Alternative Entertainment

ABOUT THE SONG OF SCORPIONS AND IRRFAN

Irrfan Khan’s only real home was cinema, says Anup Singh. The story of The Song of Scorpions emerged from flares and flickers of images in disturbing dreams. This was i...

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Thought Factory

RETURN TO INDIA

An interesting conversation between the courageous, outrageous but emotional Dolly Thakore, and Vinta Nanda, which brings back multiple memories. Dolly Thakore was born in Ko...

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Thought Factory

FIFTY YEARS AFTER GARM HAVA

Garm Hava (1974) is undoubtedly the best Indian film to capture the pain of Partition that swept the Indian subcontinent, writes O.P. Srivastava in his homage to the film Garm...

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Business and Politics

THE POLITICAL GAMECHANGER

Satyabrata Ghosh analyses the politics of the day, and arrives at conclusions, which opposition parties must adhere to if they are serious about winning the 2024 general elect...

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Alternative Entertainment

‘GOOD JOB NELIIMA!’

Aparajita Krishna has this power-packed conversation with Neliima Azeem - she calls her ‘a very consummate and individualistic artist-woman. Neliima Azeem of beautiful ...

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Powerful People

RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE

In a social media world teeming with every banality that goes for poetry, Prerna Gill’s is a refreshing voice that does not pander to easy rhetoric and comprehension. Sh...

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Business and Politics

BEHIND THOSE TALL WALLS

Humra Quraishi recalls the words of Khushwant Singh in trying to understand the nature of the chaos that communal politics in India is spreading far and wide. Several years a...

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Business and Politics

THE AFTERMATH WILL OUTLIVE US

Humra Quraishi gives us the details of how many of the members of parliament in the present have cases against them of dacoity, murder and unforgivable crimes against women. ...

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OSCARS RETURN INDIA ENTRY EMPTY-HANDED AGAIN HOME

India’s 2026 Oscar hopes fade again as its official entry returns home, sparking d...

February 8 2026

BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV 2026 OPENS MUMBAI STAGE

The 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav arrives in Mumbai on February 7, celebrating global theatr...

February 7 2026

TWO-CHILD NORM ENDANGERS CHILDREN AND DEMOCRACY

A shocking murder in Maharashtra exposes the dangers of India’s two-child norm, as...

February 6 2026