Javed Akhtar The New Chairman Of Revamped IPRS

Mumbai, 6thApril, 2017: Fresh elections were held after more than a decade in the revamped IPRS, in which both the authors (music composers and lyricists) and publishers (m...

Documentary Film Festival Showcases Myriad Human Lives

With themes ranging from caste and culture, the cries of disgruntled Maruti workers to the lives of literary giants, the fifth Chennai Short Film and Documentary festival p...

Ian McKellen Reads A Passionate Speech By William Shakespear, Written In Defense Of Immigrants

The identity of William Shakespeare has been a literary mystery for four hundred years, inspiring theory after theory, book after book. There has been, indeed, little biogr...

Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born

With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY.
As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deser...

Cli-Fi - The Hottest New Literary Genre

Apocalypse used to seem like a dubious future outcome, the stuff of Revelation or cheesy sci-fi movies. But if you are even grudgingly willing to acknowledge scientific evi...

Kaleidoscope : Springtime For Gujarati Theatre

There is a growing demand for experimental work in Gujarati theatre, particularly if a younger audience is to be tapped, the demographic not attracted by the domestic ...

Democracy's Dirty Word

- Is politics overtaking India's inherent humanism?

Why have we become so intolerant of the term "intolerance"? Crisscr...

Sundance Film Festival: Kelly Reichardt And James Schamus Show Their Talent To Adapt

Kelly Reichardt and James Schamus are stalwarts of the independent world, and both debuted excellent films Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. And though Schamus is, in h...

Kaleidoscope - Book Lovers’ Books

For bibliophiles, books about book lovers offer an additional thrill…of belonging to a special community that lives its own universe of words.

The idea o...