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RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA

Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai Santoshi Maa and its aftermath — a cinematic cont...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF HINDI CINEMA

Those forgotten B-grade movie divas of yesteryear: Khalid Mohamed recalls Indira ‘Billi’, Chitra and Naqi Jehan, j...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: WHEN MELODY WAS KING

His lovingly built bungalow, Ashiana, on the Bandra seafront has survived the encroachments of real-estate sharks of sky-high towers. And despi...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: OF HUMAN BONDAGE

Through his unflinching lens, GMB Akash documents the unseen struggles of the marginalised — using photography not just to witness suffer...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH BELA BHATIA

Championing justice, Bela Bhatia’s inspiring work in conflict zones, and her book India’s Forgotten Country: A View From the Ma...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: TAPAN SINHA’S EK DOCTOR KI MAUT

Tapan Sinha’s Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990) shows how scientific research and innovation is not given its due in India, and how professional j...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: HUMRA QURASHI’S BOOK IS A WAKE UP CALL

Humra Quraishi’s book, The Diary of Gull Mohammad - A Kashmiri Muslim boy’s journey from Kashmir to Kerala, is an eyeopener. Once i...

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Business and Politics

MAKE NOTE, EVERYONE’S SUSPECT

Humra Quraishi writes this in the backdrop of last month’s brutal killing and grievou...

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Thought Factory

THE BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2023: NANDITA PURI

This week-long series begins today and brings to you the best of 2023 through the eyes of the most influential among us. Author and writer Read More

Powerful People

DILIP KUMAR AT 101

Physically Dilip Kumar lived for 99 years (11th December 1922 to 7th July 2021). But like a loved and revered ancestor he...

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