Thought Box

SLOW CINEMA AGAINST CONSUMED TIME

Poetry Of Slow Cinema In The Times Of Reels & Shorts: Sharad Raj examines how slow cinema resists commodified attention, restoring experience, transcendence, and political...

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UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK

Forty-six years after Uttam Kumar’s death, Bengal’s Mahanayak remains unmatched. Monojit Lahiri revisits his enduring stardom, extraordinary screen presence and le...

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MAX, MIN, MEOWZAKI: LOVE, LOSS AND A CAT

Saibal Chatterjee reviews Max, Min and Meowzaki, a warm, perceptive exploration of love, grief, family, friendship and healing, elevated by fine performances and a gentle cine...

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DESIGNING SPACES THAT FEEL HUMAN

Arnab Banerjee profiles designer Tasha Singh, whose inventive practice bridges Indian craftsmanship and contemporary thinking, transforming ceramics, interiors and public spac...

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GEN Z TURNS POWER UPSIDE-DOWN

Vinta Nanda watches India’s Cockroach movement transform youth anger into irreverent resistance, challenging political power, institutional silence, celebrity culture an...

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PRATIBHA SUMAN: REFUSING PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES

From a small-town childhood to theatre, cinema, poetry and cultural activism, Pratibha Suman tells Vinta Nanda how independence shaped her feminism, politics and art, and why ...

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THIRTEEN DAYS WHEN HUMANITY HELD

At an intimate Mumbai screening of Martin Bourboulon’s 13 Days, 13 Nights, the fall of Kabul became more than history revisited, writes Vinta Nanda. It became a story ab...

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FILM CRITICS SHAPE INDIAN CINEMA

Film Critics And Indian Cinema…Perfectly-Unmatched!? India, the world’s largest film-producing nation, thrives on cinema and media, yet its film critics remain un...

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WHEN CLAY BECOMES LIVING POETRY

Arnab Banerjee finds out how Poettery founders Anubir Singh and Bhavana transformed handcrafted ceramics into a philosophy of design, mindfulness, and soulful living, creating...

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THE LAST LANGUAGE OF DEMOCRACY

As Sonam Wangchuk's fast enters its twentieth day, this essay examines hunger strikes worldwide, democratic dissent, capitalism, AI-driven inequality, and why governments must...

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WOMEN FILM THEIR OWN LIVES

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe reflects on Mast Mahila Mandali, the remarkable documentary co-c...

September 14 2026

THERE’S NO IF…ONLY BHATT!

As 78-year-old veteran filmmaker, producer and writer Mahesh Bhatt called time and diall...

September 13 2026

TOXIC REVIEW: AMBITION WITHOUT ARRIVAL

Dr Piyush Roy examines Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, exploring Geetu Mohandas and Y...

September 12 2026