POLITICS: ALL IN THE NAME OF GOD

Humra Quraishi comments about empty promises being made in political speeches, the polarisation, and the harmful propaganda taking place for vo...

MOVIES: THE ORIGINAL GLAM DIVAS OF BOLLYWOOD

Both of them made relatively quiet debuts in the early ‘70s, Zeenat in OP Ralhan’s Hulchul (1971), and  Parveen in BR Ish...

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE POET IMPRESSIONIST

On the occasion of the 58^th Jnanpith Award for Gulzar saab, Humra Quraishi revisits her friendship with him an...

THOUGHT FACTORY: THE MANY HINDUISMS OF SECULAR DEMOCRATIC INDIA

Keeping religion a personal matter and not politicising it is crucial to prevent discrimination, promote social cohesion, and uphold the princi...

TRENDING: HUMME TUMSE PYAAR KITNA

Monojit Lahiri checks out the real drama behind this momentous day called Valentine’s Day and checks out all the hullaba...

BUSINESS: SPEAK MEMORY!

Monojit Lahiri dumps Bollywood and flashbacks into his life and times in the world of advertising.

Read More

POLITICS: FLASHBACK TO THE TIMES OF HINDUTVA

The influence of Hindutva politics on democratic and academic institutions in India has raised concerns about the erosion of secularism, threat...

THE ARCHIES, ANIMAL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DUMBING DOWN

We have fallen in the great social media trap. It has used the power of algorithms and the internet and fooled us into believing that we are se...

MAKE NOTE, EVERYONE’S SUSPECT

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