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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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Gender

STOP CALLING ME AN ACTRESS - I AM AN ACTOR!

Does calling actresses 'actors' robs them of their iconic glamour? Or is it a much-needed step to head towards a gender-neutral world? Read this opinion piece by Monojit Lahir...

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Bollywood

NOT ABOUT SWASH-BUCKLING AND SWORD-SWINGING HEROES

Here’s an interview of Dr Shoma A. Chatterji, about her latest book ‘Through the Lens, Brightly: Women in Cinema, Women at Work’, and about other things, by ...

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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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Thought Factory

DOES WATCHING ART-HOUSE CINEMA MAKE YOU…SUPERIOR??

Monojit Lahiri investigates on a topic, which a good, grounded and witty friend, one fine day, brought up in a discussion. “You are a Bong living in the so-called Cultu...

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Powerful People

I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!

Vinta Nanda explores the making of a poet, reaching nowhere obviously, because ‘if we knew what makes a poet, everyone would be one, isn’t it?’ in this inter...

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Festivals

GET 350,000 FROM KASHISH QDRISHTI FILM GRANT

5 shortlisted LGBTQ+ filmmakers to pitch at a live event at KASHISH 2023 in June, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk. In its 8th year now, the path-breaking KASHISH QDrishti Film...

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Powerful People

EARTH WOMEN

On World Earth Day that just went by, The Daily Eye Newsdesk visits five women entrepreneurs shaping a sustainable future In recent years, sustainability has become a key foc...

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Alternative Entertainment

SHYAM BENEGAL’S JUNOON & A FOUR HOUR TRIP TO THE MOVIES

Sharad Raj, a filmmaker, shares a funny memory that continues to make him laugh even today, about a trip, in Lucknow, to see the film Junoon, with his family. The year was 19...

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A STORY BURIED BENEATH PARTITION'S ASHES

Arnab Banerjee examines Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga, a poignant Partition-era drama ...

June 14 2026

OF SHARED DESTINIES AND FRACTURED BONDS

Film critic Saibal Chatterjee reviews Pritha Chakraborty's Phera, a deeply moving father...

June 14 2026

ANAND HI ANAND: PRESERVING CINEMA LEGACY

Writer and theatre practitioner Sohaila Kapur reflects on the creation and success of An...

June 13 2026