Thought Box

YOUR SILENCE IS NO ANSWER: POWERFUL VOICES SPEAK

Can filmmakers, journalists and artists be apolitical? Vinta Nanda talks to Joy Sengupta, Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterji, Urmi Juvekar, Joy Bimal Roy, Puloma Pal, Vinod Ranganatha...

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BETTER ROSES FOR A WARMING WORLD AND OTHER GARDEN ADVENTURES

Manipur is burning and its despair all around. But here’s an extract from the book ‘Roses in the Fire of Spring’, which will transport you to another realm, ...

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THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN OTT STARS AND EUROPEAN ACTORS

Monojit Lahiri investigates to find out if what OTT stars are to Bollywood today, is what European actresses were to Hollywood once upon a time. The year 2020 triggered a par...

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HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY BURNS?

The video surfacing reveals the torture and humiliation that not just the two women faced but thousands in Manipur have while the government remained silent, writes Humra ...

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MARILYN MONROE: DEAD BLONDE ROCKING!!

Monojit Lahiri unveils a fascinating story of Marilyn Monroe’s reincarnation as Brand Ambassador of Max Factor in 2015, decades after she is dead and gone…A case ...

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TAMAS: THE LIGHT OF TAMAS

Aparajita Krishna writes, “35 years after it lit India’s television screen and cinema, I am herein collating together, as an article, the talks and quotes around t...

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TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ – FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Vinta Nanda talks to documentary filmmakers, film festival directors, curators about the documentary films garnering more audience share today than ever before. In an explora...

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LIMERICS AND THE TROUBLED TIMES OF FASCISM

Humra  Quraishi writes about Khushwant Singh, who was far sighted and told her, before he passed away in 2014, that he was worried about the rise in fascism in the countr...

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THE NEW INDIA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES AWARDEES FELLOWSHIPS

The New India Foundation announced the seven recipients of the coveted NIF Book Fellowships, reports The Daily Eye #Network Thursday, 6 July 2023, Bengaluru: In its...

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PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, HATE, ELECTIONS, VOTES…

I cannot dare describe the poisonous propaganda unleashed by the Hindutva lobbies, the myths, misconceptions and twisted lies that are in circulation, writes Humra Quraishi I...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024