HUMANITARIANISM – THE METAPHOR FOR PROGRESS IN 2014

You have no need to go anywhere. Journey into yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendour of your own light – Rumi

As curtains fall on 2013, l...

TRUE REVIEW: MAHABHARAT (TELEVISION)

MAHABHARAT, A TIMELESS FLAVOUR

It has barely been three months since Star Plus started telecast of the 21st century’s rendition of Mahabharat. The producers a...

True Review: THE WEEK NIGHT DHAMAAL

THE WEEK NIGHT DHAMAAL

It?s the longest running sitcom on Indian television. Over 1200 and it's still running. Inspired by Duniya Na Oondha Chashmah written by colu...

The Stow Away Who Touched Our Lives

As was customary, when our friend SD’s ship sailed into Bombay Harbor, my mother, brother and I visited his ship. As we headed towards the bridge, we saw two havaldar...

Shabana-Javed's act for charity

The play, scripted by Javed Akhtar, traces Kaifi and Shaukat's journey from his childhood in Mijwan to their romance, from life in Bombay in the 50s to the progre...

Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Rating: 3 stars

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly

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Reaching out beyond the screen

Television has ceased to be the idiot box, it is now more than just a medium of entertainment; we cannot override it as a medium of social influence.  Anita, a 38 year...

INSHALLAH, KASHMIR: LIVING TERROR

Synopsis

Winner of the National Award 2012 for Best Investigating Film, this documentary is an unflinching account of the conflict recounted as ...

NO FIRE ZONE – THE KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA

Synopsis

In summer 2008 the Sri Lankan Government decided to finish the 30-years civil war against Tamil rebels at any cost – which meant:...