latest

Many Shades of Feminism

In Meg Wolitzer’s novel, The Female Persuasion, a character called Faith Frank, a second wave feminist, gives a speech to students at which she says, “Wh...

Read More

"Lebanon's Legendary Music Festivals Struggle despite Talk of Recovery "

One hundred years after her birth and two decades after her death, Ella Fitzgerald’s voice still sounds like your best day, your most clever retort, your most glamorous ...

Read More

"Disney's ‘Christopher Robin’ will leave you Teary-Eyed till the End "

Walking into the screening of Disney's Cristopher Robin, one would expect the auditorium doors to be a gateway to childhood, seeing the beloved Pooh and his friends come to li...

Read More

India’s Foreign Policy lacks substantial gains; requires Reprioritization

When historians look back at this time they will say that India was at the cusp of greatness. A high demographic potential, a robust economy, a strong military and world respe...

Read More

‘Nico 1988’: A Tribute to the Unconventional Singer Christa Paffgen

The opening scene of ‘Nico, 1988’ shows lead singer Christa Paffgen, known professionally as Nico, as tumbling down the slope of heroin addiction concentrating on ...

Read More

Do Your Bit: Choose from the Many Alternatives to the Plastic Straw

A movement to ban disposable plastic straws is sweeping the world after gaining traction in cities and countries across the world, including India – where the country an...

Read More

Lost but not found: An artist focuses on the tragedy of the Nation’s rising cases of Missing Children

At a modest estimate, a lakh, if not more children go missing every year from diverse parts of the nation, including the top metros Mumbai and New Delhi. According to the Nati...

Read More

Why being an Intellectual has become risky in Modi's India

It is difficult to draw the line between an 'ordinary' citizen questioning the fate of his tax money in a tea shop and an 'intellectual' who does the same through writing. Wh...

Read More

A Mother normalizes Breastfeeding through her Photographs

Recently, Utah and Idaho passed laws legalizing breastfeeding in public, making them the last two states to enact such laws in the U.S. So breastfeeding in public places is fi...

Read More

Ozark: Season 1 : If Narcos and Breaking Bad had a baby...

Simply put, Ozark is the story of a financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) who moonlights as a money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in Mexico. When things...

Read More

GENDER: CHAI AND LOVE MEET ON STAGE

In this intimate column, Vinta Nanda writes about The Chai Queens, its emotional homecom...

January 17 2026

TRENDING: THE QUIET POWER OF COSTUMES

Costume designer Pia Benegal reflects on why her craft remains invisible, how clothes sh...

January 16 2026

RETROSCOPE: REMEMBERING RAY’S IMMORTAL…APU!

On the late, legendary Soumitra Chatterjee’s 91st birthday on January 19th Monojit...

January 15 2026