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HYPOCRISY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE DESTRUCTIVE

Humra Quraishi elaborates on the double standards of the right-wing government in India, and warns that what is taught in schools to children manifests in harmful ways over th...

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TRENDING: MASCULINITY AND MANIPULATIONS DOMINATE

Films were never meant to be a medium to express hate against women, religion, community, or dissenting voices. Lately, however, Indian films are unapologetically weaving targ...

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THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION OF SAIF HYDER HASAN

After seeing the film YES PAPA, story of a victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of her father, Vinta Nanda has a conversation with producer, writer and director Saif Hyde...

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SEEN ROMANTIC LOVE IN B-TOWN, ANY ONE?

It has been said that the history of cinema is also a history of exciting, adventurous and celebrated love affairs. Dead right. And for excellent reasons. Monojit Lahiri does ...

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ACHIEVING CULT STATUS: MASSEY SAHIB

O.P. Srivastav brings Raghubir Yadav and Arundhati Roy's celebrated debut Massey Sahib, a 1985 Hindi drama, adaptation of Joyce Cary’s 1939 novel Mister Johnson, this ti...

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THE ARCHIES, ANIMAL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DUMBING DOWN

We have fallen in the great social media trap. It has used the power of algorithms and the internet and fooled us into believing that we are serious cinema viewers, makers and...

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FILM FESTIVAL ON DISABILITY ISSUES IN GOA NEXT WEEK

We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues will be held in Goa between Jan 8th and 13th 2024 as part of Purple Fest 2024. Dr Mohan Agashe and Sridhar Rangayan are on the jury,...

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ALLOW CHILDREN TO WATCH FILMS AT FILM FESTIVALS

12-year-old Kaurwakee Vasistha questions the business in which children are employed to perform and be a part of practically every other department (legally as well as illegal...

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THE MADRAS MUSIC FESTIVAL: BREAKING OUT OF THE VIRTUAL

Much has been discoursed about this Margazhi festival, from its sustenance over a century, to its inadequacies in inclusivity and outreach, writes filmmaker and writer Sharada...

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MAKE NOTE, EVERYONE’S SUSPECT

Humra Quraishi writes this in the backdrop of last month’s brutal killing and grievous injuries caused to civilians in the P...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: A TALE SET IN THE TIMES OF ANARCHY

With Kahini: A Story of Our Times, Om Books International’s recently published Eng...

April 18 2024

BOLLYWOOD: FRANK & FEARLESS, GULZAR…UNCUT!

Monojit Lahiri recalls an amazing conversation with a dear, cherished and hugely respect...

April 17 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: ESCAPING THE HEAT

Why do hill stations reign as the best travel destinations during summer? Vinta Nanda ex...

April 16 2024