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Honey Trehan: Raat Akeli Hai & The Twinkling Stars

The stellar cast, fantastic atmospheric visuals, haunting background score, directorial grip on the noir narrative of the film Raat Akeli Hai, have come in for praise, writes ...

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Kings deserve to make the playoff

Dr Sandeep Goyal writes: KKR lost to CSK last Thursday night. So at the end of 49 matches, at the time of writing this piece, they stay at the No. 5 slot on the leader board, ...

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Signs of the times: Colour of black is dark

Humra Quraishi comments on the hypocrisy of policy making in Kashmir, the communal colour being given to traditional education in madarsas and Nida Fazli’s verse holding...

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Good cricket but the joie de vivre is missing

Yuzvendra Chahal’s fiancee Dhanashree Verma cheering at RCB games has been amongst the most uplifting moments of the Dubai IPL, writes Dr Sandeep Goyal Collaboration be...

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Bollywood

Poet with a social commitment: Sahir Ludhianvi

Terribly disturbed by his dear and younger friend Mohammad Rafi's demise on July 31, 1980, Sahir also followed suit after a few months, writes Sumit Paul A collaboration of T...

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Festivals

Songs of Durga puja

Ashish Ghatak writes on the songs of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle which continue to resonate during the puja week, which ends today – Sunday Evening When the pall of dar...

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Festivals

Low-key festival celebrations

Monarose Sheila Pereira speaks to people from different walks of life and discusses their views about low-key celebrations during festival time this year India is a land of f...

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Scaling 200+ & the Sixer

This piece by Dr Sandeep Goyal, in which he evaluates sixers, 200+ scores and their significance to broadcasters, marketers and advertisers is in collaboration with Free Press...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD FIGHTS BACK!

Bollywood has come together to seek redress against the irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory reporting by Times Now and Republic channels. Today (October 12), a civil sui...

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Close Encounters with Rekha

On her 66th birthday, Khalid Mohamed writes on the eternal mystique of Rekha. It’s that time of the year. She turns 66 today (October 10). And she or her secretary Far...

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PHULE'S THIRD EYE RECLAIMS RELEVANCE

The Third Eye, Opens Again: Phule's Forgotten Play Speaks Powerfully to Our Times. The d...

July 23 2026

LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE GENDERED

Sushmita Chowdhary examines the enduring barriers women face in leadership, connecting I...

July 23 2026

FILM CRITICS SHAPE INDIAN CINEMA

Film Critics And Indian Cinema…Perfectly-Unmatched!? India, the world’s lar...

July 22 2026