Thought Box

THE DEPARTURE OF COLOUR

The Departure of Colour, Line, and Silent Melodies is a moving tribute to master artist Narendra Nath Das, whose poetic modernism transformed Assam's visual culture through pr...

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WHEN SAI FOUGHT FOR WRITERS’ RIGHTS

Khalid Mohamed revisits Sai Paranjpye’s battle over Chashme Buddoor, exposing how India’s screenwriters continue struggling for copyright protection, institutional...

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TANMAYA SHEKHAR: REWRITING INDEPENDENT CINEMA

In this exclusive conversation, Vinta Nanda speaks with Tanmaya Shekhar about Nukkad Naatak, a fearless caravan journey across India, grassroots audiences, Instagram storytell...

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NOT QUITE FAMILY REVIEWED BRILLIANTLY

Sushil Poddar explores Khalid Mohamed’s Not Quite Family, an unflinchingly honest journey through Bollywood’s myths, memories, relationships, and contradictions, c...

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SAATH TERA: POETRY BECOMES SONG

Ahead of Saath Tera’s 24 August release, Vinta Nanda speaks with poet-filmmaker Barnali Ray Shukla about longing, Old Delhi, handwritten memories, and the delicate journ...

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STUDENT CITY SEASON TWO BEGINS

Dr. Piyush Roy’s Student City returns with Season 2, following Avi and Rahul through friendship, loneliness, campus life, youthful mischief and unexpected bonds in a nos...

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IAA LEADERSHIP AWARDS HONOUR ICONS

IAA Leadership Awards 2026 brought together India’s leading business, advertising, media and creative voices, celebrating leadership, innovation and impact while recogni...

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MOTHERS, RESISTANCE AND COURAGE

Sharad Raj examines Sabiha Khanum and Leela Bora, two mothers whose compassion, dignity and courage reveal how motherhood can transcend political divides, sustain families, an...

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ANIRBAN: CINEMA BEYOND DEATH'S SILENCE

Forty-five years after its release, Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Anirban remains an overlooked cinematic masterpiece. Utpal Datta explores its haunting imagery, emotional depth, li...

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IDENTITY, EXILE, MEMORY AND DEATH

Devdutt Trivedi examines Pankaj Rishi Kumar’s To Die a Frenchman through phenomenology, absurdism and existentialism, exploring Mounissamy’s fractured French-India...

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A CONVERSATION THAT STAYS WITH YOU

Sushmita Chowdhary reviews Vinta Nanda’s WMNcomm podcast on fearless storytelling,...

September 18 2026

BARNALI RAY SHUKLA'S FEARLESS PORTRAIT

Vinta Nanda discovers Barnali Ray Shukla's humane documentary I Run Into Chairs, an inti...

September 17 2026

TERMITE REVIEW: SHAUNAK SEN TRIUMPHS

Saibal Chatterjee hails Termite as a remarkable debut in fiction, beginning with the unf...

September 16 2026