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Business and Politics

KEECHAR VERSUS GULAL

Satyabrata Ghosh analyses the following words spoken by the Prime Minister of India in parliament: “Keechar uskey paas tha, mere pass gulal.” Indian Cinematograph...

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Hollywood

NINETY-ONE CHEERS FOR HOLLYWOODS DEATHLESS BEAUTY!

Monojit Lahiri salutes Hollywood’s last super-star who was a born headliner - her 91st Birth Anniversary approaches on 27th February.   When Elizabeth Taylor ...

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Business and Politics

FAIZ, SAHIR AND VERSE

Humra Quraishi revisits two of the best known poets of this  subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Sahir Ludhianvi. Both who were born years ago in the season of spring and ...

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Thought Factory

THE GENTLE HEART

Khalid Mohamed pens a tribute to the peerless artist, printmaker and art teacher Lalitha Lajmi, who passed away last Monday. When Lalitha Lajmi moved on to another realm at t...

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Powerful People

ANJUM RIZVI: FROM BEHIND THE SCENES!

Aparajita Krishna goes back to the past and fast forwards the producer Anjum Rizvi’s life in an interesting conversation with him. Anjum Rizvi is a film-producer of a s...

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Gender

BIG WOMEN IN SCIENCE

The pursuit of knowledge in STEM fields has often been and still is the realm of men, reports The Daily Eye Newsdesk Equal participation of women and girls in the leadership ...

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Festivals

V DAY OR DIL TO PAGAL HAI DAY?

Monojit Lahiri checks out if the V Day is a way of looking at a celebration, or is it a cynical acceptance of a global phenomenon that falls prey to hollow and emotional postu...

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Thought Factory

WE ARE NOT AT PEACE

Humra Quraishi discusses the position of the Urdu language in India, on International Mother Language Day – 21st February. My grasp over my mother tongue, Urdu, is weak...

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Alternative Entertainment

YET ANOTHER STORY BESIDES PATHAAN

Satyabrata Ghosh explores why audiences at large today prefer to watch a franchise of a spy universe over a modern fairty-tale. No, at the outset, let me tell you that I have...

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Business and Politics

IS THE SLOGAN DYING?

Monojit Lahiri questions the relevance of slogans in today’s era, and wonders about its fate in the future. Once upon a time, slogans & advertising were truly the m...

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SELF-DISCOVERY SERIES UNITES GENERATIONS WITH CINEMA

At the Self Discovery series of TRIS in Delhi, Saeed Mirza and Dibakar Banerjee engage w...

February 9 2026

VADH 2 EXPLORES JUSTICE AND AGING

Crime, Conscience, and Companionship in the Twilight Years: Arnab Banerjee. Jaspal Singh...

February 9 2026

OSCARS RETURN INDIA ENTRY EMPTY-HANDED AGAIN HOME

India’s 2026 Oscar hopes fade again as its official entry returns home, sparking d...

February 8 2026