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No place to hide

Humra  Quraishi writes this short story about a brother, who comes visiting his sister to break the silence between them.  I lay still, looking about vacantly. Morn...

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Of Silent Havelis

Ashok Sood’s photo-feature on the gorgeous havelis of Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, which like other tourist hubs of India, will be deprived this year of its regular stream of v...

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The End of a New Beginning

Sandeep Goyal says that the one thing he has never understood about TikTok is – why does its millions of followers not convert to larger earnings for its influencers?&nb...

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Guru Dutt: A Life Interrupted

Humra Quraishi observes from the auteur Guru Dutt’s life, how fragile artists are when they’re possessed by their art On the past several birthdays of Guru Dutt &...

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Tragedy: The Untold Story of Baby Naaz

Khalid Mohamed narrates the story of Baby Naaz, a super child actor of the vintage years, who passed away, felled by the loss of fame and adulation  In Bollywood lingo, ...

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Rain Watch

Sameer Rattonsey, a resident of Bandra, captures the sunsets, even as the weather over Mumbai continues to be unpredictable. The sunsets, in the last three months, have never...

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The second last word

Vinta Nanda writes about the prevailing culture in the business of media and entertainment in India.  Some, more mainstream than the others, in a Whatsapp group comprisi...

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A Dream Run for Kalyani

Janaky Sreedharan writes about J.Geetha’s debut venture Run Kalyani, which is set to be the opening film at the New York Indian Film Festival. Perhaps there is nothing ...

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ROMANCE ZINDABAD OR DRAMABAZI KI JAY

Monojit Lahiri checks out the real drama behind this momentous day and checks out all th...

February 12 2026

PARALLEL LIVES BETWEEN THEATRE & CORPORATE WORLDS

In this candid conversation, interviewer Vinta Nanda speaks with Prakash Vaswani about t...

February 11 2026

OH CALCUTTA: MEMORIES OF A VANISHING CITY

Khalid Mohamed remembers the ‘City of Joy’, a mahanagar steadily losing heri...

February 10 2026