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Powerful People

Bringing up Bobby

Khalid Mohamed reboots his conversation with the ever-gorgeous Dimple Kapadia on her life and career-defining debut in Raj Kapoor’s valentine to romance Bobby… an...

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Bollywood

STARFARE-FILMDUST: A Flashback

Aparajita Krishna recalls the magical times of film magazines and the gossip about film stars they carried, through the voices of some of the best known film journalists of yo...

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Thought Factory

Love in the times of February 2022

“Since Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching I decided to write about love”, says Christophe Porot, Philosophy Coach and Consultant at Universal Enlightenme...

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Alternative Entertainment

Reflections of a Soumitra-watcher

As the late, legendary Soumitra Chatterjee’s birthday moved in and out of focus, Monojit Lahiri pays homage to the remarkable actor, author, poet, dramatist, translator ...

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Movies

A Laudable Effort Undone by Static Telling

8/12 Binay Badal Dinesh Review by Shantanu Ray Chaudhury. It remains one of the most daring acts of rebellion against the might of the British Empire. On 8 December 1930, thr...

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To be a good artist, first be a good person.

Humra Quraishi revisits conversations with the danseuse Sitara Devi and writer Mani Sankar Mukherji and draws comparisons - the former’s communal mindedness and the latt...

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Bollywood

Lost And Found

Film historian Dhruv Somani, rediscovers the prolific actor-producer Rajan Sippy of the 1980s, to engage him in a conversation on why he upped and left Bollywood to become a r...

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Powerful People

Around his world with Aditya Raj Kapoor

Aparajita Krishna talks to Aditya Raj Kapoor, a keen biker traveled across half the world on his two-wheeler, author of books and learner like his father, one of the greatest ...

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Bollywood

The Simran Magic

Khalid Mohamed zooms back in time to share his discussion with Kajol, on her imperishable performance as Simran, with Shah Rukh Khan as Raj, in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. A...

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Business and Politics

Winds of Change in Uttar Pradesh

Subhashini Ali analyses the political scenario in Uttar Pradesh, soon going to elections, and finds that the winds of change seem imminent. Fast-moving political changes in U...

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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