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Who decides?

Newcomers we were to this survival game, to this locale, to this one-room setting, to this downslide, to this helplessness. We were new at sawing off names and surnames, write...

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Business and Politics

Brotherhood of man and woman

Amit Behl walks us through the huge impact that the COVID-19 crisis has had on the film and television industry and how the fraternity has rallied together to help daily wagew...

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Bollywood

Farewell Basu Da

Amit Khanna talks about Basu Chatterjee on the day Indian Cinema has lost him. He recalls how Basu Da was known for having mirrored Indian middle classes like none other. Bas...

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Powerful People

Scent of Music: AR Rahman

Khalid Mohamed rewinds to one of his chatty conversations with the Mozart of Madras. When it comes to film music, I  can’t think beyond A.R. Rahman. He may have ex...

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Gender

Speak English, Drink Rum: Women at the workplace

Vinta Nanda recalls the times when she was a smoker, enjoyed drinking rum and coke every other evening and also spoke fluent English. I’m talking about a time towards t...

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Kaleidoscope

Solace: In the time of the Coronavirus

Abhinav Krishan, a New Delhi corporate executive, writes on why he fled to the hills close to Dehradun, to commune with nature, wildlife and resilient villagers. Currently, t...

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Alternative Entertainment

Cinema of Resistance

Reema Moudgil walks us through some compelling cinema over the last seventy years of India’s independence, which has chronicled resistance of the oppressed against their...

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Kaleidoscope

The Subtle Dance of Creation

Prasantanu Mohapatra takes you along with him while reminiscing the making of this stunning short film in the lonely campus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), w...

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Sustainable Development

United Way Mumbai to provide PPE kits to frontline warriors

Coca-Cola partners with United Way Mumbai to provide PPE and hygiene aid kits to the frontline warriors during COVID-19 Outbreak. They aime to support 48 hospitals, impacting ...

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Movies

Snake Bites: Bollywood’s Naagins

Film historian Dhruv Somani takes stock of the Naagin and Naag movies, which have crowded the Bollywood repertoire for decades now. Snake stories have since time immemorial i...

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HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE AND EVERYDAY CINEMA

Remembering the timeless creator of…BABUMOSHAI, on his 104th birth anniversary: S...

October 2 2026

TELEVISION ACTORS NAVIGATE CHANGING SCREENS

Only Women Panel Explores the Changing Screens and the Journey of Television Actors from...

October 1 2026

THREE STORIES DEMANDING OUR ATTENTION

From an acclaimed Himalayan love story to conversations on body shaming, food safety, cy...

September 30 2026