Thought Box

In gentle streets where people play

I first met Suryaveer (it tickles my Panjabiat to call him Veera) in the year 2004, writes Vinta Nanda Aroona Bhat, his partner in life, and he had dropped in at my sets alon...

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Home Alone: Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry

It’s Showtime, when you venture out with Chandigarh-based theatre artist, Dr. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, writes Vinta Nanda She has worked around the world, and was awar...

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Tale of Two Cities

A photo-essay by Ashish Ghatak on the striking parallels between Mumbai and his hometown Kolkata. The sun was about to  set. The purple sky was gradually dotted with neo...

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Making Magic: Nilakshi Sengupta

Vinta Nanda time travels with Nilakshi Sengupta, the author of the book series, TINA AND HER MAGIC KETTLE Nilakshi Sengupta is a filmmaker by profession and a dreamer by pass...

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Bollywood Rebooted

Authentic, the one word, which describes Diljit Dosanjh better than any other, writes Dr Sandeep Goyal Why? Because, Dosanjh is the first Sikh actor to wear a turban on scre...

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Easy Riders

Rumi Taraporevala narrates his adventures on two-wheelers with his buddies down the roads of Mumbai topped by a cross-country trip to South India during the good old bygone de...

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The Storm In A Teacup

Dr. Sandeep Goyal puts down his thoughts on the recent developments in the F&B industry after FSSAI's 'Eat Right India' campaign angered The Coffee and Tea boards in the c...

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Missing Soumitrababu

The 1950’s down 70’s are often considered as the ‘Golden Era’ of Bengali Cinema, reminisces Rwita Dutta and she recalls those times through the cinema ...

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Let’s Go to the Pictures

Rumi Taraporevala writes on the ‘masti-majaa’ of watching the movies with his buddies Right from the silent era and the early talkies to Hollywood’s blockbu...

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Where Time Stands Still

Novelist and writer, Adithi Rao, pens a tribute to the famed Mount Carmel College of Bangalore, alma mater to Margaret Alva, Deepika Padukone, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Nirupama Ra...

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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