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Bhagat Singh’s writings on caste
In his writings on caste, Bhagat Singh understood the practice of untouchability and its associated binary of purity-pollution as an integral part of Hinduism. The influence ...
Read MoreClimates: A metaphor for changing human behavior
Since the time of Ataturk, Turkey has been home to westernized intellectuals, writes Sharad Raj in his recall of the 2006 Turkish film Climates Radical Islamisation o...
Read MoreJust another brick in the wall
Niraj Jani, rock music enthusiast, writes on Pink Floyd’s cautionary songs about the constant vigil for intellectual freedom. Rock music of the late 1960s and the &lsqu...
Read MoreSigns of the times: You’re changing
Humra Quraishi wonders if the bleak days will continue with new strains of the corona and the communal virus spreading. Its been one full year of deprivations, disast...
Read MoreTwo different occasions: Conversations with B Jayashree & Jyoti Subhash
Aparajita Krishna recalls conversations with theatre veterans B Jayashree and Jyoti Subhash, both mega-talents in the times that were adverse for women in their field of art. ...
Read MoreAbuli Mamaji is Nikhil Pherwani’s Ahaan
Vinta Nanda writes: For once a film centered on a person differently abled is not about the so-called normally-abled characters being the ones to make life better for him. Ah...
Read MoreDays of the future past: Subhashini Ali
Subhashini Ali recalls a time when she saw the role of the police and administration with clarity and how she was convinced of the truths of class outlook and class rule. &nbs...
Read MoreThe genius of Jacques Tati
Sharad Raj explores how the existential and political angst of the torchbearers of the Novell Vague got an edge over Tati when it came to intellectual seduction of cinema love...
Read MoreIn Conversation with Uttara Baokar
I’m sharing parts of a conversation with path-making, veteran theatre actor who was ideal to generations of theatre-citizens, writes Aparajita Krishna Her work o...
Read MoreWhen R.D. Burman met the Jazzman
Edited excerpts from the book Louis Banks: A Symphony of Love by Ashis Ghatak As a young man Louiz Banks would imbibe the earthiness of his mother’s Nepali folk tunes a...
Read MoreACTING, LYING, AND THE TRUTH
Monojit Lahiri examines whether acting is truly a form of lying, tracing the provocative...
November 12 2026MAHARASHTRA’S ENDURING STATE THEATRE COMPETITION
The 65th edition of Maharashtra State Drama Competition by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe examine...
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Epic Spectacle, Elusive Soul: Why the New Ramayana Needs More Heart. Piyush Roy examines...
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