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AI and Tech

AI & TECHNOLOGY: THE STAKES ARE HIGH, TECH IS HIGHER

AI for climate change is not a silver bullet, it’s a game-changer. It offers a powerful toolkit to mitigate the crisis, but it’s up to us humans to use it responsi...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A DEEP DIVE INTO THE SOUL OF CLAY

Kaul’s films were revelations even when the themes were well-known and had ancient roots, like dhrupad and pottery. He avidly hunted for those cycles of time that these ...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: THE GIANT CALLED RAHUL RAWAIL

The box office failure of Dacait was perhaps the single biggest reason for Rahul Rawail to never be the same filmmaker again. He tried coming back with Mast Kalander and Jeeva...

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Business and Politics

POLITICS: A WINTER OF DESPAIR WRITES SURANYA AIYAR

Humra Quraishi explains what it means to be a member of the minority community in these times and reproduces a part of what Suranya Aiyar said in her statement before going on...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED??

Monojit Lahiri investigates how deep is deep in extra-marital journeys, in reel and real life. As Shakun Batra’s promos blitzed the box a couple of years ago follo...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: H-POP & AUTHOR KUNAL PUROHIT

I’m introducing the brilliant mind behind the thought-provoking book "H-Pop," Kunal Purohit, a young explorer of alternative perspectives, writes Vinta Nanda. Photograp...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: A DAY OF DREAMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Whistling Woods International (WWI), the torchbearer of excellence in media and creative arts education, commemorated its 16th Convocation, marking a celebration of creat...

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Festivals

FESTIVALS: KASHISH CHALCHITRA UTSAV CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH

Chalchitra Utsav is being held in the city to celebrate pride month. It’s a 2-day Indian language LGBTQ+ film festival on January 27th & 28th, reports the #Newsdesk ...

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Business and Politics

POLITICS: JUST KEEP ON LIVING, SAY NOTHING!

Humra Quraishi looks at the events taking place in recent weeks, political and religious, and comments on the systematic silencing of common and privileged people that is taki...

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Trending

TRENDING: IS APNA TIME AAGAYA HERE?

Monojit Lahiri focuses on this new movement triggered by OTT? relating to actors finally emerging from the tyrannical shadows of the stars. Times, they sure are a changin&rsq...

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TRENDING: IS HE A LEADER OR A PROPAGANDIST?

Was it the leader of a democratic nation or a propagandist spewing divisive rhetoric in ...

April 28 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: LOOKING FOR THE MAHANAYAK

Srijit Mukherji’s Oti Uttam is a film hard to dislike. And no, it’s not just...

April 27 2024

POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Par...

April 26 2024