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GET 350,000 FROM KASHISH QDRISHTI FILM GRANT

5 shortlisted LGBTQ+ filmmakers to pitch at a live event at KASHISH 2023 in June, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk. In its 8th year now, the path-breaking KASHISH QDrishti Film...

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EARTH WOMEN

On World Earth Day that just went by, The Daily Eye Newsdesk visits five women entrepreneurs shaping a sustainable future In recent years, sustainability has become a key foc...

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SHYAM BENEGAL’S JUNOON & A FOUR HOUR TRIP TO THE MOVIES

Sharad Raj, a filmmaker, shares a funny memory that continues to make him laugh even today, about a trip, in Lucknow, to see the film Junoon, with his family. The year was 19...

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VANISHING WORDS

Today, Humra Quraishi talks about why she will pray namaz but will not celebrate Eid. I’m not wrong in saying that never before, in the holy month of Ramzan, have there...

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DEFENDING THE IDEA OF INDIA

Keeping in mind the objective to intervene in defence of diversity, pluralism, democracy, constitutional values and Justice, Anhad organised a convention: Defending the Idea o...

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THE WAVES OF FAITH

Humra Quraishi comments on the mindless destruction of libraries, literature and Indian history by the forces that are leaving no stone unturned to divide India. All the book...

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CAN MODELS…ACT??

Monojit Lahiri attempts to check out the blur between acting the art, and acting the glamour touch given to Bollywood cinema -  another perspective to women in Indian cin...

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A FIRST DAWN BY SHARADA RAMANATHAN

Vidivaanam (a first dawn) explores a deeper reflection of very basic concern for our very existence through music, movement and verse, reflects Sharada in a quick conversation...

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'Bust'ing many a myth: B 32 Muthal to 44 Vare (B 32 to 44)

Janaky Sreedharan asks, “How do we talk about a film that foregrounds the bust sizes of human beings ranging from B 32 to 44 in its very title?” Only to go beyond...

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A MAN FROM MOTIHARI: ABDULLAH KHAN

\Aparajita Krishna writes, “The Boy of ‘Patna Blues is now A Man From Motihari!” Post the release of Abdullah Khan’s debut novel published in 2020 her...

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BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI

Every nation carries within it a wound that hist...

August 16 2026

SRIDEVI: BOLLYWOOD’S MOST MAGICAL SUPERSTAR  

On her 63rd Birthday, August 13, Monojit Lahiri ...

August 15 2026

WHY WOMEN MUST CLAIM VISIBILITY

 Sushmita Chowdhary explores why women leaders must&n...

August 14 2026