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UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK

Forty-six years after Uttam Kumar’s death, Bengal’s Mahanayak remains unmatched. Monojit Lahiri revisits his enduring stardom, extraordinary screen presence and le...

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Alternative Entertainment

MAX, MIN, MEOWZAKI: LOVE, LOSS AND A CAT

Saibal Chatterjee reviews Max, Min and Meowzaki, a warm, perceptive exploration of love, grief, family, friendship and healing, elevated by fine performances and a gentle cine...

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Business and Politics

DESIGNING SPACES THAT FEEL HUMAN

Arnab Banerjee profiles designer Tasha Singh, whose inventive practice bridges Indian craftsmanship and contemporary thinking, transforming ceramics, interiors and public spac...

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Festivals

PHULE’S THIRD EYE STILL BURNS

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reflects on a dramatic reading of Jyotiba Phule’s Trutiya Ratna, exploring its critique of caste, ritual and Brahminical dominance, and asking how ...

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Thought Factory

GEN Z TURNS POWER UPSIDE-DOWN

Vinta Nanda watches India’s Cockroach movement transform youth anger into irreverent resistance, challenging political power, institutional silence, celebrity culture an...

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Powerful People

PRATIBHA SUMAN: REFUSING PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES

From a small-town childhood to theatre, cinema, poetry and cultural activism, Pratibha Suman tells Vinta Nanda how independence shaped her feminism, politics and art, and why ...

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Festivals

WIFF MUMBAI TALKS CHANGING CINEMA

In the run-up to WIFF Mumbai 2026, The Daily Eye brings you the unmissable conversations of 2025—when dialogue became the beating heart of five extraordinary days of cin...

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Alternative Entertainment

THIRTEEN DAYS WHEN HUMANITY HELD

At an intimate Mumbai screening of Martin Bourboulon’s 13 Days, 13 Nights, the fall of Kabul became more than history revisited, writes Vinta Nanda. It became a story ab...

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Festivals

PHULE'S THIRD EYE RECLAIMS RELEVANCE

The Third Eye, Opens Again: Phule's Forgotten Play Speaks Powerfully to Our Times. The dramatized reading of Trutya Ratna (The Third Eye), Jyotirao Govindrao Phule's remarkabl...

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Gender

LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE GENDERED

Sushmita Chowdhary examines the enduring barriers women face in leadership, connecting India's historic women leaders, matriarchal traditions, corporate boardrooms, politics, ...

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SHATRUGHAN SINHA & MENEKA GANDHI LAUNCH TOXIC

Shatrughan Sinha and Maneka Gandhi launched Dr Mukesh Batra’s Toxic in New Delhi, ...

September 24 2026

INDIAN DIASPORA CINEMA SHINES GLOBALLY

The ninth India International Film Festival of Boston concluded with 48 films across 12 ...

September 23 2026

SATYAJIT RAY IN COLOUR UNVEILED

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe visits Faces and Facets: Satyajit Ray in Colour, a landmark DAG ...

September 22 2026