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Powerful People

Tara Kaushal: Why Men Rape

Vinta Nanda interviews author Tara Kaushal, on the eve of the release of her book Why Men Rape: An Indian Undercover Investigation.  I know Tara Kaushal by a recent frie...

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Business and Politics

Nepotism: Advertising Industry better or Bollywood?

Sandeep Goyal gives you a view to the nepotism, which mocks at as much talent in the Advertising Industry of India as it does Bollywood.  The media has been raving ...

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Alternative Entertainment

No Entry: Hazards in staging a theatre play in Mumbai

Khalid Mohamed recounts his peril-fraught, one-off experience in staging ‘Kennedy Bridge’, a play on yesteryear’s courtesans. All the world’s a stage;...

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Thought Factory

Don’t cry for Sushant!

Vinta Nanda discusses why in the creative universe, we should feel sorry for ourselves and not for those who have left us.  You’re disturbed, because Sushant ...

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Business and Politics

Tragic Loss: Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide by hanging, at age of 34, sent shockwaves through Bollywood on Sunday afternoon.  The police rushed to his apartment in Bandra. Init...

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Business and Politics

Copy-right-Copy-wrong

Veena Bakshi reveals the flawed system by which our Indian entertainment universe operates; where copyrights holders may as well not be. Two films, both made by the same cele...

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Kaleidoscope

An Interlude

Sathya Saran talks about her journey when writing on Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and she shares an excerpt from the book she has authored - A Breath of Gold - published by (an...

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Thought Factory

If I were a migrant worker

Vinta Nanda, inspired by a conversation with her friend K’ab, wonders how it would be if we were to be swapped with migrant workers? Images of migrant workers and daily...

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Kaleidoscope

Yosemite: A Travelogue

Bhooma Sundararajan transports you to Yosemite and brings you back from an exhilarating journey from there. My first visit to Yosemite was in 2011 on my 49th birthday. It was...

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Business and Politics

Global Economy to Plunge into Worst Recession since World War II: World Bank

Per capita incomes are expected to decline by 3.6%, which will tip millions of people into extreme poverty this year, the World Bank says in its June 2020 Global Economic...

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WHY MOTHERS ECLIPSE FATHERS DAILY

Monojit Lahiri explores why Mother’s Day commands greater emotional resonance than...

June 18 2026

HINDI CINEMA: UNDER HOLLYWOOD’S HAT

Khalid Mohamed recalls the impact (and copycatting) of Hollywood cinema and its gossip j...

June 17 2026

PRAMOD PAWAR HONOURED FOR THEATRE

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe celebrates Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Pramod Pawar, whose rem...

June 16 2026