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Brush with controversy
Khalid Mohamed recalls the needless controversy stirred up by a M.F.Husain artwork of Lord Ganesha, although his canvases, limited print editions and sketches are considered a...
Read MoreThose Courtesan Days





Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes on the near-extinct genre of Bollywood films, which took you into the kothas and durbars of tawaifs. The courtesan culture was once a soci...
Read MoreWhose Bollywood is it anyway?
Vinta Nanda disagrees with Kangana Ranaut’s rants on national television, which cleverly camouflage political mischief. I condemn her for the route she has taken to set...
Read MoreAs Tears Go By





Khalid Mohamed reviews the emotionally volatile Pakistani series Khaani, and the quirky Churails, dealing with a vigilante group of four oppressed women of Karachi. Sprint to...
Read MoreWays of seeing Mumbai
A photo-essay by Megh Bhavsar on the city as perceived through the eye of his camera. Text Edited by: Khalid Mohamed Any highly-trained and accomplished photographer is more...
Read MoreQuestion of Homesickness
Even as the on-going COVID-19 pandemic affects the world, Anil Dixit writes on the bond among Indians employed in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other cities in the Gulf countries. Pho...
Read MoreThe Bard of Bollywood: Gulzar
Humra Quraishi recalls her meetings with Gulzar. Born on 18th August 1934, his words that explore the complexities of life are contemporary It’s rare in these tim...
Read MoreTo the story I was born
Aparajita Krishna plunges into her rich past, where there is a paean to her left leaning parents who inhabited India’s recent political history This is a personal note ...
Read MoreSecond Innings: MS Dhoni
It was an unforgettable sunset at 19:29 hours on Independence Day, writes Sandeep Goyal, as he explores possibilities in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s onward journey. Ca...
Read MorePatterns of Good Faith
On the occasion of Navroze, the Parsi New Year, a photo-feature by Ashwini Ashok Sood, on the auspicious Parsi Chalk designs During these unprecedented COVID-19 times, my res...
Read MoreKASTOORI: CINEMA, DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT
Binod Kamble’s film Kastoori begins with a stark scene of cleaning a dirty toilet....
August 18 2026THE JUST: POLITICS, MORALITY, VIOLENCE
Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews The Just, Albert Camus’s powerful political-moral pl...
August 17 2026BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI
BATWARA 1947 REVIEW: SHABANA AZMI Every nation carries within it a wound that history ...
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