Powerful People

NADIRA BABBAR’S THEATRE LEGACY IN PRINT

Vinta Nanda visits Nadira Babbar ahead of Ekjute’s landmark launch of eighteen published plays written by her, exploring her theatre legacy, creative process, collaborat...

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POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND OUR SILENCE

A searing reflection on the Epstein revelations and what they expose about unchecked power, privilege, and the illusion of democracy—questioning how societies normalized...

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PARALLEL LIVES BETWEEN THEATRE & CORPORATE WORLDS

In this candid conversation, interviewer Vinta Nanda speaks with Prakash Vaswani about theatre, corporate life, cultural revival, and the persistence of artistic identity acro...

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WHY ARCHIVING CINEMA MATTERS: NEVILLE TULI

A wide-ranging conversation on archives, cinema, and cultural consciousness, where interviewer Vinta Nanda engages Neville Tuli in reflecting on memory, pedagogy, visual cultu...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-writer and film director Gulzar on the abiding political relevance of Mere Apne, his first f...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Veenapani Chawla’s chance encounter with Naseeruddin Shah culminated in the birth of the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre and Research in Puducherry, famed for its audac...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THOSE BASIC VISUAL INSTINCTS

Ravi K. Chandran, among the A-list of superstar technicians of Hindi and south Indian language cinema, has excelled in his metier for 35 years. Usually a man of few words, he ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE 2025: THOSE WHO REFUSED THE EASY ANSWER

Power, in 2025, did not always announce itself loudly, nor did it seek instant legitimacy. Across cinema, poetry, activism, performance, pedagogy, and cultural memory, The Dai...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: NOT A MAN’S WORLD ANYMORE

Huma Qureshi, who believes that Mumbai’s show business isn’t a man’s exclusive world anymore, has belted out uber-powerful performances in the shows Delhi Cr...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: LISTENING TO LIVES

Journalist, author, translator, and cultural chronicler Sathya Saran reflects on a life shaped by words, music, travel, and discipline—mapping creative legacies from Gur...

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THE UNIQUE LEGACY OF THE ANAND BROTHERS

In this evocative reflection, Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe revisits IPTA's Anand Hi Anand, ce...

June 1 2026

WHEN HOMECOMING ISN’T A ONE-WAY STREET

Saibal Chatterjee reviews Tribeny Rai's deeply personal and moving debut feature Shape o...

May 31 2026

KEDIA BROTHERS AND THE RARE RAGA

A deeply meditative rendition of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's rare creation, Raga Chandrananda...

May 30 2026