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The Indian ‘New Wave’ for the Millennial
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Humra Quraishi remembers Mulk Raj Anand on his birth anniversary and what he had said about Indian men consumed by superiority complexes. Christmas is just about a week away ...
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“What did we do without mobile phones?” is the buzz question of the chatterati of the West and of the chapaterrati of India, writes Farrukh Dhondy The question al...
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Aparajita Krishna has a long extensive conversation with Sadiya Siddiqui, whose journey is full of stories to tell. Sadiya Siddiqui carries in her petite, fragile frame an im...
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Monojit Lahiri attempts a non-judgmental take on ‘Brand Bollywood’. Art. Realism. Truth. Vision. Commitment. Belief. For years, a section of a “niche”...
Read MoreThe Unending Tragedy
Humra Quraishi views the conditions prevailing for the convicted and undertrials in Kashmir through the lens of writings about them. Perhaps, it is for the very first time th...
Read MoreDouble standards… all the way!
Humra Quraishi goes over the many events of recent past in which it is getting clearer by the day that the discrimination against minorities in India has been internalised to ...
Read MoreA Faust for Bangladesh
Farrukh Dhondy at his best as he recounts the attempt he once made to adapt Goethe’s Faust for the Bangladeshi screen. Having worked with British Bangladeshi theatre di...
Read MoreAll about Eve: A History of the Hindi Film Heroine
All about Eve: A History of the Hindi Film HeroineThe more things change, the more they remain the same when it comes to the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema. Shantanu Ray C...
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As discussions continue, Farrukh Dhondy remembers writing a script for Ketan Mehta - Rani of Jhansi, which was hijacked of course by those re-writing History. It was probably...
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Sohaila Kapur explores Mahesh Elkunchwar’s remarkable journey from rural Maharasht...
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Prahaar examines Ujjwal Nikam’s role in landmark terror trials, championing due pr...
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