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LOL with Gautam Benegal

"HAHAHA! KEEP CRYING ! SHALL WE SEND YOU BURNOL?

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Movies

Oh, those feuds

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, rewinds to the mega-rivalry between several Bollywood heroines.  Feuds between the actresses of Bollywood would make for spicy reading in m...

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Health

How to keep the virus at bay, now

Dr. Kishore Madhwani writes on the essentials to keep safe at this juncture of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Post-Diwali, the New Year has begun with positive vibes of early r...

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TV

Such a Bored Game

Khalid Mohamed throws a dice at Anurag Basu’s Ludo… and checks out Pepper Chicken and The Crown 4  Now too many crooks spoil the broth, goes the old adage...

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Business and Politics

Signs Of The Modern Times

As the friction accelerates between the Centre and the Kashmiri leaders in the  Kashmir Valley, how I wish two veteran journalists were still around, in our midst, writes...

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The Scattered Rainbow

Darshan Mondkar has been a social and political commentator since 2010, writes Vinta Nanda in this piece compiled by her.   He has managed to rope in an audience with hi...

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Powerful People

A Woman of Letters

“I am reading Amartya Sen’s book nowadays”, says a sprightly young voice at the other end of my telephone line: Janaky Sreedharan That is an eighty six yea...

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The Directors This November

The Daily Eye Newsdesk lists three big releases on OTT awaited this month and also the three directors on top of the game Bicchoo Ka Khel   Releasing on 18 Nov 2...

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Festivals

The Legend Of Bhai Dooj

In this piece adapted from hearsay, Vinta Nanda writes that Bhai Dooj also has a story to follow. For Hindus, the story behind each of the festivals plays a very important ro...

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Powerful People

The First Prime Minister of India

A day after Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary, also known as Children’s Day in India, we recall his leadership; the highs and the lows. In the 35 years...

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KASTOORI: CINEMA, DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT

Binod Kamble’s film Kastoori begins with a stark scene of cleaning a dirty toilet....

August 18 2026

THE JUST: POLITICS, MORALITY, VIOLENCE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews The Just, Albert Camus’s powerful political-moral pl...

August 17 2026

BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI

BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI Every nation carries within it a wound that history ...

August 16 2026