GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU BABY BOOMER SISTER!

The title tells you all about her. “Great to hear from you baby boomer sister!” she shouts out to me when I get in touch with actor...

SHAAN LENDS HIS VOICE TO RANGAYAN’S FILM KUCH SAPNEY APNE

Eminent singer Shaan, who has sung memorable songs like Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya), Kuch Toh Hua Hai (Kal Ho Naa Ho), My Dil Goes Hmmm (Sala...

THE HRISHIDA I REMEMBER…

Monojit Lahiri pays a personal tribute to this iconic filmmaker on his 101^st birth anniversary. Hrishida was born o...

पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna.

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‘JADUNAMA’ - A RAY OF LIGHT IN IMMENSE DARKNESS

Humra  Quraishi comments on the truth lurking behind green curtains in the capital city especially decked up for the G20 ...

A BEFITTING SWANSONG

This is a very personal response to a unique film experience gifted by The Song of Scorpions, writes Janaky Sreedharan

THE OTHERNESS OF BELONGING

Let me start this column, on this Teacher’s Day, by saying that the teachers of the likes of Uttar Pradesh’s Tripti Tyagi ought to ...

MANI KAUL’S ICONOCLASTIC USKI ROTI

This film is a juxtaposition of slow-moving close-ups and wide shots layered with lots of silence and interspersed with a few monotonous dialog...

PUNISHED FOR BEING BORN TO TIMES OF DIVISIVE POLITICS

Humra  Quraishi writes, “Before I focus on the ground realities in the Mewat region of Haryana, it is important for...