Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: NOT A MAN’S WORLD ANYMORE

Huma Qureshi, who believes that Mumbai’s show business isn’t a man’s exclusive world anymore, has belted out uber-powerful performances in the shows Delhi Cr...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: LISTENING TO LIVES

Journalist, author, translator, and cultural chronicler Sathya Saran reflects on a life shaped by words, music, travel, and discipline—mapping creative legacies from Gur...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: IDEAS BECOME MOVEMENTS HERE

A conversation between Vinta Nanda and Shenali Rajaratnam, a young global leader shaping future governance, digital equity, and women-led innovation, offering a window into th...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: BACK TO THE FUTURE

She has been an assistant director, ad filmmaker and a writer-director of out-of-the-box feature films. Ignoring every mandatory obstacle that an independent woman filmmaker m...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THAT THING CALLED ACTING

Mita Vasisht, whose career has spanned over four decades of film and web series acting, theatre, documentaries, besides being an educator and activist in the rehabilitation of...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: JUST DO IT

In a conversation, Khalid Mohamed draws out the eventful life and film adventures of writer-actor-director Amole Gupte, exploring his creative roots, artistic influences, and ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

As India celebrates the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Bard of the Brahmaputra, Utpal Datta recalls a poignant conversation that revealed the man behind the legen...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: WHEN OPPORTUNITIES KNOCK

Khalid Mohamed interviews film, theatre and web series actor, Soni Razdan who’s back in the limelight, with a searing performance in Songs of Paradise, a tribute to the ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: OF PARADISE REGAINED

Khalid Mohamed interviews Saba Azad, who portrays the Kashmiri singer, Raj Begum, a quiet rebel with a cause, with boundless grace and conviction in the delicately nuanced fil...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: PREITY ZINTA ON DOING IT HER OWN WAY

Khalid Mohamed’s throwback to a conversation with the iron-willed Preity Zinta, who’s set to return to the movies with the partition-themed Lahore 1947 by Aamir Kh...

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PRESERVING JAMSHEDPUR'S LIVING LEGACY

The Parsis of Jamshedpur: Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the rich legacy of Jamshedpur...

June 22 2026

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE

As debates around immigration, citizenship and belonging intensify worldwide, Vinta Nand...

June 21 2026

AI, CREATIVITY AND PURPOSE UNITE

From AI-powered filmmaking education and innovative talent recruitment to empathy-driven...

June 20 2026