Thought Box

IMPUNITY FOR ABUSERS, PUNISHMENT FOR VICTIMS

Comments of the BJP MP from South Delhi made in the Lok Sabha during the special session in the new parliament building, reveal the utter decay and degeneration of Indian poli...

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पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna. A disclaimer first. This is not to endorse gutka, tobacco and o...

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FROM…PHOOLON KI RAANI, BAHARON KI MALLIKA…TO CHOLI KE PEECHE KYA HAI?!

Bollywood’s amazing story of lyricists and lyrics down the decades - Monojit Lahiri lays it on the line.   15 years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting the...

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AMIT KHANNA’S JOURNEY AS A LYRICIST

  Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri goes past many of Amit Khanna’s talents and brings focus upon the quintessential lyricist who gave Hindi film music a new language and the...

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ABOUT FACING CHALLENGES AND STAYING STRONG!

Humra Quraishi comments on the deceptive times that we live in, and harks back to the encouraging and motivating words of Khushwant Singh.   Even if one tries hard ...

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LOOK WHAT HAPPENED UNDER OUR WATCH!

#BoycottGodiMedia is trending, and Sanghamitra Chakraborty takes us to the film ‘While We Watched’, highlighting why it is so important that hate-mongers be shunne...

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TORN BETWEEN TWO IDEOLOGIES – RAM RAJYA AND RAVAN RAJ

An excerpt from the book Mandodari, by Koral Dasgupta, released at Kitab Khana Mumbai with a conversation between the author and Avantika Bahuguna, Business Head, SheThePeople...

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BADHTI KA NAAM DADHI: THE NEW TREND OF FACE FUZZ!

Monojit Lahiri borrows the title of the genius Kishore Kumar’s goofy satire from the classic ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’ to do a checkout on this new ‘bimar...

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A BEFITTING SWANSONG

This is a very personal response to a unique film experience gifted by The Song of Scorpions, writes Janaky Sreedharan Irrfan Khan's charismatic presence was definitely the f...

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THE OTHERNESS OF BELONGING

Let me start this column, on this Teacher’s Day, by saying that the teachers of the likes of Uttar Pradesh’s Tripti Tyagi ought to be arrested, writes Humra Qurais...

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SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER

Film critic Utpal Datta explores Mazhar Q. Kamran’s Safar Mein Shahar, examining h...

March 7 2026

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026