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FEARLESS NADIA’S HUNTERWALI FILM PHENOMENON

Film historian and Proffessor Piyush Roy revisits Hunterwali (1935), the groundbreaking Wadia Movietone stunt classic that introduced Fearless Nadia, a female action icon whos...

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Alternative Entertainment

ADAMYA REVIEW BY SAIBAL CHATTERJEE

Writer-director Ranjan Ghosh’s Adamya (The Unbroken) is nothing short of a marvel, writes critic Saibal Chatterjee. Set in the Sunderbans, the political thriller follows...

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Festivals

STORIES TRAVEL FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

The Waterfront Indie Film Festival (WIFF) Mumbai launches its literature vertical with a two-day programme at SOCIAL Versova, bringing authors, playwrights and screenwriters t...

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Powerful People

JOY SENGUPTA: ACTOR WITHOUT COMPROMISE

In a rare, deeply reflective conversation with Khalid Mohamed, actor Joy Sengupta traces his journey across theatre, cinema and television, speaking about artistic integrity, ...

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Festivals

MUMBAI DESIGNER WINS KASHISH POSTER

Mumbai-based designer Pari Nirmal wins the KASHISH 2026 International Poster Design Contest, bringing the festival’s theme “Reflect, Resonate, Rejoice!” to l...

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Gender

WOMEN RESISTING POWER IN INDIA

This Women’s Day, Vinta Nanda looks out for women in India resisting food capitalism, environmental destruction and human rights violations — reminding us that the...

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Alternative Entertainment

SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER

Film critic Utpal Datta explores Mazhar Q. Kamran’s Safar Mein Shahar, examining how Mumbai emerges not merely as a setting but as a living character shaped by memory, m...

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Health

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and social force. Drawing from personal experience, philosophy and society, he examines how emot...

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Thought Factory

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on ecology as an ethical and spiritual challenge, urging humanity to embrace ecological conve...

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Retroscope

FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA

The Last Dance: Tragedy of a Dancing Queen - Khalid Mohamed narrates the rise and fall of the iconic Cuckoo Moray, who mentored Helen but died in abject penury, and is at most...

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DELHI GYMKHANA: A FAREWELL TO CHARM

Writer, Director, Actor Sohaila Kapur reflects on childhood memories, family legacy, and...

June 10 2026

VANISHING BOMBAY: DREAMS & DEMOLITIONS

In this essay, Khalid Mohamed examines Bombay’s relentless transformation through ...

June 9 2026

HARIPURA PANELS AND INDIA'S SOUL

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the iconic Haripura Panels by Nandalal Bose, currently ...

June 8 2026