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All about flesh and blood

Humra Quraishi responds to the unnecessary hungama surrounding Halal, a noise not sparing even Haldiram’s Falahari Packets! When the communal virus spreads, it spares n...

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The Rekha Mystique

Khalid Mohamed escorts us back to an up-close-and-personal interview with the eternally enigmatic Rekha Anytime is Rekha time. Characteristically, she has kept a lower-than-l...

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RUCHI NARAIN: On a creative roller-coaster ride!

Aparajita Krishna visits filmmaker Ruchi Narain’s world this time – a 360 degree roller coaster ride. Enjoy it!  Ruchi Narain has been in the film and c...

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Online-Offline: What works, what doesn’t?

Lecturers and students from various institutes talk to Monarose Sheila Pereira about their preferences. Colleges today conduct lectures in three different modes - on...

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OSCARS & INDIA – S – L – A – P!!

Not Will Smith and Chris Rock, but Oscars and our film industry, over years! Can the thappads ever turn to chummas, wonders Monojit Lahiri.  The Oscars really have becom...

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The Gone Girls

Film historian Dhruv Somani focuses on yesteryear’s gutsy Sheetal and Leena Das, who have vanished into a limbo today. They never quite made it to the A-list but they w...

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Hindu Khatre Mein Hai

Humra Quraishi looks at how the many things that threaten India are not being addressed by the media, and the things that don’t matter are taking center stage instead. ...

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RISHI KAPOOR: THE MEMORABLE SECOND COMING

As the last film starring the beloved star, Sharmaji Namkeen, gears up for release, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at five films from his second phase that wowed criti...

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The Natural

Khalid Mohamed harks back to an interview with Jaya Bachchan on the art and craft of acting during her heyday under the helmsmanship of pre-eminent directors. She’s an ...

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Vijay Akela: Bol Rahe!

Aparajita Krishna discusses voice and lyrics with poet-lyricist Vijay Akela - a unique conversation about poetry, vocabulary and the art form of conveying emotion through...

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OH CALCUTTA: MEMORIES OF A VANISHING CITY

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

February 10 2026

SELF-DISCOVERY SERIES UNITES GENERATIONS WITH CINEMA

At the Self Discovery series of TRIS in Delhi, Saeed Mirza and Dibakar Banerjee engage w...

February 9 2026

VADH 2 EXPLORES JUSTICE AND AGING

Crime, Conscience, and Companionship in the Twilight Years: Arnab Banerjee. Jaspal Singh...

February 9 2026