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Powerful People

Mind Your Language: Vidya Balan on how to get the ps and qs right

Khalid Mohamed frazzled by today’s Bollywood language, talks to Vidya Balan on how she gets her diction and dialect dot-on.  Right, so we in the audience don&rsquo...

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Business and Politics

Minus ‘Fair’ will Fair & Lovely lose its raison d'être?

Carol Goyal explores if a change in brand name results in the death of a brand HUL’s announcement that it is going to remove the word ‘Fair’ from the Fair &...

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Business and Politics

Echoes of 'Black Lives Matter' in India

The unrest, the carnage, the protests that shook Trump’s America a few weeks ago, seems to be echoing in India too - though the tremors are much weaker, explains the aut...

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Retroscope

The Unknown Story

Indian cinema’s first superstar, Master Nissar, had passed away in abject poverty How many even know about India cinema’s first superstar, Master Nissar, and how ...

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Business and Politics

Cheeni Kam: What is Cheeni, What is not?

Most Indians - up to 84% don’t want celebrities to endorse Chinese Brands. But do they know whether they’re using a Chinese brand or not? Let’s find out from...

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Alternative Entertainment

Shot by Shot: Politics of photography

Young photographer Vatsal Shah writes on the obstacles in the way of becoming a professional photographer in India Theories about photography can be broad generalisations or ...

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Thought Factory

Save Crawford Market

Khalid Mohamed pleads for the restoration of the past glory of the centuries-old market, a part of which was gutted in a fire this month. To think of Mumbai without Crawford ...

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Powerful People

Anwesha Arya: The Miracle Woman

In times when many of Bollywood boys and girls are under the scanner, Vinta Nanda interviews Anwesha Arya – granddaughter of Bimal Roy, daughter of Basu Bhattacharya and...

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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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THE RURAL BOY WHO BECAME A LITERARY ICON

Sohaila Kapur explores Mahesh Elkunchwar’s remarkable journey from rural Maharasht...

October 18 2026

PRAHAAR REVIEW: JUSTICE AND HEROISM

Prahaar examines Ujjwal Nikam’s role in landmark terror trials, championing due pr...

October 17 2026

BIRDS IN THE DARK REVIEW

A luminous tale of souls in search of light. Saibal Chatterjee’s review explores S...

October 16 2026