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Tale of Two Cities

A photo-essay by Ashish Ghatak on the striking parallels between Mumbai and his hometown Kolkata. The sun was about to  set. The purple sky was gradually dotted with neo...

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Easy Riders

Rumi Taraporevala narrates his adventures on two-wheelers with his buddies down the roads of Mumbai topped by a cross-country trip to South India during the good old bygone de...

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Let’s Go to the Pictures

Rumi Taraporevala writes on the ‘masti-majaa’ of watching the movies with his buddies Right from the silent era and the early talkies to Hollywood’s blockbu...

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That Discreet Charm

Novelist and writer, Adithi Rao misses those years when movie watching was an incomparable experience at the single-screen theatres. My aunt would use her weekly half-day off...

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At Vanishing Point

As one more beautifully-architected bungalow on Little Gibbs Road bites the dust, Khalid Mohamed writes on the changing face of Malabar Hill, the city’s prime neighbourh...

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A Bouquet of Talks

This is a bouquet of assorted fragrances, writes Aparajita Krishna These are narrations that are independent of each other and yet appear to me to be tied with a common threa...

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Democracy Hypocrisy

Should we not apologize for having denied MF Husain his right to freedom of speech and expression, writes Vinta Nanda Since the present Indian government has supported Franc...

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Muslim, Christian & Hindu: Kiran Manral

Some time ago in pre-COVID times, I was in a room full of friends and when I sit back to recall, what comes to mind is that which perfectly defines the interdependence of peop...

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Fly in the ointment: TRP’s

When ‘life’ jives with storytelling evolution happens, writes Vinta Nanda Raj Kapoor said in a documentary film made by his daughter Ritu Nanda, “Money, po...

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To be Amitabh Bachchan

On the event of the superstar’s 78th birthday, here’s a photo-essay by the top-of-the line photographer Subi Samuel At 78 today (October 11), he’s still bat...

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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