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India's Enid Blyton: Monarose Sheila Pereira

'The Portrayal of children in the media' a talk by children's author Monarose Sheila Pereira, was presented on 'Meet the Media Veterans' talk series for the Instructional Medi...

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Environment

How Photo Pollution Is Impacting Planet Earth

We have lost our connection to the night-time skies, the stories woven into star-studded skies, the sense of stillness, the awe of the twinkling cosmos and the wishes upon sho...

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The uncertainty of life in the Pandemic

Nanna was tall and erect even at 78 she would complete all postures of namaz, writes Farah Diba Israfil Flexible and agile, life was not cruel to her with arthritis and my n...

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Gender

Open: Wendell Rodricks Poster Design Contest

Jérôme Marrel, partner of fashion designer Wendell Rodricks, to continue his legacy  The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, S...

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Alternative Entertainment

Faces of Rajasthan

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with photographer Chandan Das on his tryst with photography and other creative arts. He has a discerning taste for silk fabrics and ethnic art ...

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Movies

Our Invisible Men

Film historian Dhruv Somani travels back in time to chronicle 10 B-town films on the classic vanishing trick, first conceptualized by writer H.G. Wells   Down the decade...

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Goodbye FarmVille! It was fun harvesting.

On 31 December, Zynga shut it down, 11 years after a glorious start, writes Carol Goyal It must have been 2010, or thereabouts, when I got hooked onto FarmVille. Never having...

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Human Rights

Signs of the time: Rab Dillan Wich Rehnda Hai

Humra Quraishi seeks answers for the mayhem being orchestrated by goons at the behest of the Right Wing Hindutva groups As I write this column, there’s heavy downpour a...

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Sustainable Development

The National Education Policy (NEP) is not a constitutional document

An analysis, a comparison with the previous policies and development in the new one by Hrishi Raj Anand, who presents the various facets of the New Education Policy  We ...

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TV

Order! Order!

Khalid Mohamed reviews the twisty courtroom drama Nail Polish, the erotica-fest Paurashpur and a sensitive short film Adivaanam. Polish or no polish, this is a nail-biter, ...

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A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026

BOLLYWOOD IGNORES WOMEN IN COMEDY

Monojit Lahiri investigates the persistent absence of strong comic roles for leading Bol...

March 26 2026