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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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Hollywood

MOTHER MYTH MAN CALLED SHAKESPEARE

Yashika Begwani reflects on Hamnet, where Chloé Zhao reimagines Shakespeare through Agnes, the grieving mother, exploring love, loss, creativity and the unseen feminine...

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Thought Factory

HALF CAULIFLOWER, PIECE OF CAKE

Sharad Raj reflects on everyday encounters in India that reveal deep economic inequality, questioning middle-class complacency and the illusions of liberalization through simp...

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Health

DEBATING NATIONALIZATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES

“Nationalization of Private Medical Colleges Not Correct” – the article by Ranjan Das Gupta examines whether full government control is the answer to rising ...

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Festivals

DELHI’S GRAND CINEMATIC AMBITION

Delhi government sets the tone for a city-wide celebration of film, culture and film tourism, unveiling a global festival that positions the capital as a cinematic hub while f...

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Business and Politics

THE ETERNAL CRISES OF FILM SCHOOLS

From Argentina to India, film schools face political pressure, privatization threats, and ideological control. Sharad Raj reflects on FTII’s struggles, global cinema edu...

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WHY WOMEN MUST CLAIM VISIBILITY

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

August 14 2026

IAA LEADERSHIP AWARDS HONOUR ICONS

IAA Leadership Awards 2026 brought together India’s leading business, advertising,...

August 12 2026

MOTHERS, RESISTANCE AND COURAGE

Sharad Raj examines Sabiha Khanum and Leela Bora, two mothers whose compassion, dignity ...

August 12 2026