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Business and Politics

WHO KILLED MOHAMMAD IQBAL?

Humra  Quraishi laments the blatant targeting of everything termed un-Hindu by the present government and the systematic elimination of India’s wealth of poetry and...

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Powerful People

“Bookshops don’t fail. Bookshops run by lazy booksellers fail.”

With its four-storey outlet in GK-2, Ajay Jain has made Kunzum the new happening place for booklovers in Delhi-NCR. In a conversation with Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, he talks abo...

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Thought Factory

CHARLES DARWIN IS THE ENEMY

Satyabrata Ghosh juxtaposes the ritualistic inauguration of the new Parliament building in New Delhi on the 28th May 2023, with the convenient denial of science by a politics ...

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Festivals

ISMAT CHUGHTAI AWARD FOR INDIAN WOMEN FILMMAKERS

An award has been instituted in honour of feminist writer and filmmaker Ismat Chughtai, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk The 14th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festiv...

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ACTOR ADVAIT KOTTARY WRITES HIS DEBUT NOVEL

Advait Kottary’s debut novel SIDDHARTHA: THE BOY WHO BECAME THE BUDDHA takes readers on a fictional journey through Buddha’s formative years, reports The Daily Eye...

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Alternative Entertainment

THE FANTASTIC 27 DOWN BY AWTAR KRISHNA KAUL

27 Down is a 1974 Hindi film written, directed and produced by Awtar Krishna Kaul starring Rakhee, MK Raina, Om Shivpuri and Rekha Sabnis, writes O.P. Srivastava   ...

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THE CURIOUS CASE OF BOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS

One’s been listening to viewers of The Kerala Story. The common refrain is, “Ye picture dekh kar Musalmano se darr lag raha hai! (After watching the film one feels...

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Thought Factory

A MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE: ARUNBHAI GANDHI

She worked with him for twenty years and he remained a friend till his last days. Saroj Satija remembers Arun Gandhi in this tribute to the great man who lived each day of his...

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Festivals

KASHISH 2023 TO OPEN WITH ONIR’S PINE CONE

South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ Film Festival to close with Canadian film When Time Got Louder, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk The 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Qu...

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Thought Factory

FILM FESTIVALS MAKE SMALL FILMS BIG – UH-HUH!

Monojit Lahiri investigates the true meaning of these words often used in context to the Bollywood film industry: Mota Bol! Seedha Bol! Jaldi Bol!! To the general public, fil...

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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