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Powerful People

DR BRIJESHWAR SINGH’S CALENDAR YEAR

Aparajita Krishna interviews Dr Brijeshwar Singh, one of the best known orthopaedic surgeons of Uttar Pradesh and understands his tryst with Indian Theatre and its importance....

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Alternative Entertainment

UGETSU MONOGATARI: THE MIZOGUCHI TREASURE

The cinema of Kenji Mizoguchi glides in and out of people’s lives with fluid grace and exquisite tact, writes Sharad Raj “The fruit of experience is beauty,&rdquo...

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Powerful People

THE GERSON DACUNHA DIARIES

On the 7th of January, his first death anniversary, we remember Gerson Dacunha through one of his last conversations with Nilakshi Sengupta. The journalist, the Adman, the so...

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Business and Politics

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Humra Quraishi talks about the apprehension that clouds not just the largest minority community, the Muslims, but also the citizens who genuinely love their country. The comm...

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Thought Factory

THE OPTIMISTS - 2023

Vinta Nanda glides into the next year with this: I decided to focus on hope and confidence, on the positive ideas that some of the most powerful people are giving shape to, an...

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Alternative Entertainment

MAHABALI: M. K. Raina’s Theatre!

Aparajita Krishna reviews the latest MK Raina play Mahabali and discusses its significance to these times when a distorted interpretation of Lord Ram, which is contrary to the...

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Business and Politics

UNCERTAIN TIMES AHEAD

Humra Quraishi has a view on the uncertainties that loom large upon the masses, as the government of the day remains more focused on playing politics than on governance. The ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Decoding the chemistry: Uttam-Suchitra

Satyabrata Ghosh discusses the symbioses between the people at the two ends of the camera during the filming and after it, which resulted in the enigmatic chemistry that we kn...

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Business and Politics

CASTE, RELIGION AND LEARNING GAPS

In the backdrop of an incident that took place a couple of weeks ago, when a young Muslim student was taunted by his teacher, Humra Quraishi revisits the discussion on learnin...

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Thought Factory

FASHION ‘DRISHYAM’ of HINDI FILMS 1970s!

Aparajita Krishna tours the Hindi cinema fashion world of the 1970s and places it in context to the way we interpret fashion in India. Drishyam 2 is Cine-India 2022’s l...

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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