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Festivals

Low-key festival celebrations

Monarose Sheila Pereira speaks to people from different walks of life and discusses their views about low-key celebrations during festival time this year India is a land of f...

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Powerful People

Amol Palekar - In a flashback that is very present!

I am often visited by Amol Palekar flashbacks, writes Aparajita Krishna As time passes by actor Amol Palekar’s theatre and film resume gets even more present and releva...

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Alternative Entertainment

Web talent on the rise but…

The fresh acting talent on the OTT platforms could rewrite the rules of Bollywood’s age-old star system but… are they promoted sufficiently by the channels’...

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Kaleidoscope

Ten Years with Guru Dutt

Ten Years with Guru Dutt, Abrar Alvi’s Journey is the behind-the-scenes story of Guru Dutt Films, written by Sathya Saran The friendship that Guru Dutt and his writer a...

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Business and Politics

Should brand purpose intrude religion?

Dr Sandeep Goyal deconstructs the controversy surrounding the outrage over the Tanishq advertisement and asks a few questions about what the purpose of brands should or should...

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Alternative Entertainment

Children of the Mountains

A photo-essay by the itinerant Ashis Ghatak on the spirit of the children who live and learn among the mountain valleys. My mountain trips fill me up with the euphoria I was&...

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Thought Factory

Fly in the ointment: TRP’s

When ‘life’ jives with storytelling evolution happens, writes Vinta Nanda Raj Kapoor said in a documentary film made by his daughter Ritu Nanda, “Money, po...

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Movies

Bhanu Athaiya: Best of the Best

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, picks his 10 favourites from the vast collection  created by the late doyenne of film costume designs. Over 130 films in a career spanning ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Signs of the times: Come October

Humra  Quraishi remembers classical singer Begum Akhtar, also known as Akhtari Bai and well-known author, diplomat and promoter of classical arts – Pran Nevile.&nbs...

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TV

Meet the Raging Bull

Khalid Mohamed reviews Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Ginny Weds Sunny and High – the latest fare on streaming platforms Sony LIV, Netflix and MXPlayer respectively...

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HEALTHY BOUNDARIES SHAPE SECOND CHANCES

A Rebounce survey of 9,283 previously married Indians reveals how healthy boundaries wit...

September 29 2026

SHAKUNTALA NAGARKAR: DEATH IN THE SADDLE

A tribute by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe to legendary Lavani exponent Shakuntala Nagarkar, who...

September 28 2026

OF WOMEN, BY WOMEN….TWO BOOK REVIEWS

Sohaila Kapur reviews Avni Doshi’s First House and Andaleeb Wajid’s Have You...

September 27 2026