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Crafting Eco-friendly Ganeshas
Ancy Nadar talks to various professionals about eco-friendly Ganeshas. She says that Ganesh Chaturthi is a much looked forward to festival. A slow but growing...
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Film historian, Dhruv Somani, takes you right into the storm of Bollywood’s films revolving around natural and man-made disasters. Disasters – of enormous tragic ...
Read MoreZen and the art of Sanjay Chhel
Vinta Nanda goes on a roller coaster ride with Writer, Director, Artist, Lyricist, Columnist and a compulsive dreamer, Sanjay Chhel. His father was a production designe...
Read MoreKill kill, bang bang





Khalid Mohamed reviews the cop flick Class of ’83 and more fare streaming on the channels currently. Mostly, it’s been mind-barbecued week. Right off, I ope...
Read MoreNo Coincidence No Fiction: The Urban Mela
Ranjit Rodricks writes that the loot that’s taking place in broad daylight today, is just like a Mela in a faraway village! There are dazzling sideshows and glittering ...
Read MoreAbdullah Khan of Patna Blues
Aparajita Krishna writes that the debut novel of the 49 year old author born in village Pandari, 40 Kms from Motihari in Bihar, has not come out of the blue. It had a ...
Read MoreStayin’ Alive: Pt. Jasrajji
Senior musicians speak to Monarose Sheila Pereia, to pay their tributes to the great legend Pandit Jasrajji, who passed away on 17 August 2020, in New Jersey, USA. Indian cla...
Read MoreFeast or Fast: Navarathri
Bhooma Sundarajan reflects on her experience during the Navarathri Festival in North India, when everyone fasts for nine days. On a Saturday in Delhi – Gurgaon to be pr...
Read MoreBrush with controversy
Khalid Mohamed recalls the needless controversy stirred up by a M.F.Husain artwork of Lord Ganesha, although his canvases, limited print editions and sketches are considered a...
Read MoreThose Courtesan Days





Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes on the near-extinct genre of Bollywood films, which took you into the kothas and durbars of tawaifs. The courtesan culture was once a soci...
Read MoreSEVEN DAYS OF EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA
The Waterfront Indie Film Festival (WIFF) Mumbai returns for its second edition from 30 ...
November 13 2026ACTING, LYING, AND THE TRUTH
Monojit Lahiri examines whether acting is truly a form of lying, tracing the provocative...
November 12 2026MAHARASHTRA’S ENDURING STATE THEATRE COMPETITION
The 65th edition of Maharashtra State Drama Competition by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe examine...
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