Thought Box

Dhoni and Virat: The Heroes of IPL 2020

The Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) ran a telephonic survey to checkout recall of brands, their celebrities and messaging.  The survey was conducted on Sunday th...

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The truth about Lies

One of the most defining images of our times is that of Prime Minister Narendra Modiji inaugurating the Atal Tunnel, writes Vinta Nanda. He was inaugurating the nine-kilomete...

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Have camera, will travel

Itinerant photographer, Ashis Ghatak, writes on the myriad pleasures of travel photography Sitting on a chaise longue one rainy morning with the newspaper on my lap, I was re...

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Rameshwari wahi jo sab ka man bhaaye

Aparajita Krishna takes us with her on a journey through Rameshwari’s life - from a student of acting to becoming a film star, wife, mother and now a business woman.&nbs...

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World, beautiful, world

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with photographer Babul Bhatt who focuses on the beautiful sides of cityscapes around the world. He could have been a fashion model, he has tha...

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A Mother’s Metamorphosis

Bhooma Sundararajan introspects on parenting through the experience of watching her own daughter giving birth. My daughter announced her pregnancy in the month of February 20...

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Visual Instinct

Khalid Mohamed writes on discovering the rule-breaking art of Vishwanath Math on social media in the time of the Coronavirus. The scene right now: No art galleries, no exposu...

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Welcome to Ashok Mishra

The two Hindi films that writer Ashok Mishra is popularly associated with in the cine-goers’ mind are Shyam Benegal’s Welcome to Sajjanpur and Well Done Abba, writ...

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Gemini Ganesan: The Eternal Romantic

Humra Quraishi reviews the book written by journalist - writer Narayani Ganesh, on her father, the Tamil superstar of yesteryears Gemini Ganesan. Title: Eternal Romantic:...

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Farm Bills: Exciting times for advertising

All the politics around them notwithstanding, the new Farm Bills could open up an entirely new domain of work for advertising and media. Sandeep Goyal explains how. Many year...

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WOMEN RESISTING POWER IN INDIA

This Women’s Day, Vinta Nanda looks out for women in India resisting food capitali...

March 8 2026

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