Thought Box

Signs of the times: You’re changing

Humra  Quraishi wonders if the bleak days will continue with new strains of the corona and the communal virus spreading. Its been one full year of deprivations, disast...

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Two different occasions: Conversations with B Jayashree & Jyoti Subhash

Aparajita Krishna recalls conversations with theatre veterans B Jayashree and Jyoti Subhash, both mega-talents in the times that were adverse for women in their field of art. ...

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Abuli Mamaji is Nikhil Pherwani’s Ahaan

Vinta Nanda writes: For once a film centered on a person differently abled is not about the so-called normally-abled characters being the ones to make life better for him. Ah...

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Days of the future past: Subhashini Ali

Subhashini Ali recalls a time when she saw the role of the police and administration with clarity and how she was convinced of the truths of class outlook and class rule. &nbs...

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The genius of Jacques Tati

Sharad Raj explores how the existential and political angst of the torchbearers of the Novell Vague got an edge over Tati when it came to intellectual seduction of cinema love...

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In Conversation with Uttara Baokar

I’m sharing parts of a conversation with path-making, veteran theatre actor who was ideal to generations of theatre-citizens, writes Aparajita Krishna   Her work o...

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When R.D. Burman met the Jazzman

Edited excerpts from the book Louis Banks: A Symphony of Love by Ashis Ghatak As a young man Louiz Banks would imbibe the earthiness of his mother’s Nepali folk tunes a...

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More than a woman: Gajra Kottary

Vinta Nanda grabs an opportunity to talk to author and screenwriter Gajra Kottary about her work and also her latest release Not Woman Enough. Who doesn’t know Gajra Ko...

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Curtain calls, encores to Doctor Brijeshwar Singh!

Here, in this piece, Aparajita Krishna talks to Dr. Brijeshwar Singh, a renowned orthopedic surgeon who is leading the way for theatre to become a thing in the very interestin...

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Where art thou?

Khalid Mohamed in conversation about the limitless forms of art with the 23-year-old artist, Adyot Rajadhyaksha, who debuted at a group show at the Jehangir Art gallery last w...

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SUCHITRA SEN: THE STAR WHO CHOSE SILENCE

On her 12th death anniversary, Monojit Lahiri recalls the mystique, magnetism and unmatc...

January 22 2026

REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stere...

January 21 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026